Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Huanbi

Xiao Lianzi and Jinxi had already been waiting at the turn of the ferry. Seeing Xuan Qing standing at the ferry and coming back with me, they were shocked for a moment. After all, it was Jinxi who was alert and gave a silent salute before helping me to go to Tangli Palace . I whispered: "You two didn't see anyone except me just now." Jinxi said softly: "Yes. The servant just picked up the young master from Feng Shuyi and returned to the palace." Xiao Lianzi followed closely and entered Tangli Palace together. Everyone was sent by Xiao Yunzi to the Yinlvxuan, I quietly went back to the inner hall, changed into sleeping clothes, only to feel thirsty.Just about to speak, Xiao Yunzi had already poured a cup of tea, I took a sip and pushed it away, thought for a while and said: "Go and get something else."

Xiao Yunzi laughed and said: "There are bird's nests prepared in the small kitchen, don't you want to use some?" I nodded, "Ask Huanbi to bring it in." Xiao Yunzi was taken aback for a moment, hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't dare to ask more questions, so she asked Huanbi to bring the bird's nest. Huanbi came in with the bird's nest, and saw that I was sitting upright, her face changed slightly, and she expressed concern, "Miss, is your trip going well? I'm so worried about coming back so late." I was annoyed, and stared at her for a moment, Huanbi lowered her head slightly, as if she was guilty and dared not look at me, I chuckled and said, "It's not just smooth, it's really happy."

Huanbi raised her head in a little surprise and said, "Did the emperor let the young master of Meizhuang come out?!" "Not at all." My gaze swept across her face, and I said word by word: "The emperor reprimanded Concubine Hua, and even Emperor Ji Wenyi didn't allow her to see her." She is in charge of the power of the Sixth Palace, now——I'm afraid it's hard to protect herself." "The emperor reprimanded Concubine Hua?" I said leisurely: "Yes. Who told her to offend the emperor. Concubine Hua is too high-minded, Huanbi, don't you think so?"

Huanbi was embarrassed for a while, forced a smile and said: "I don't know whether the concubine Hua's heart is high or not, but the emperor's holy will can't be wrong." I looked sideways slightly, and Jinxi, Xiao Yunzi, and Xiao Lianzi retreated together.Huanbi and I were the only ones left in the room, and her voice was the same as before, softly saying: "Miss." She said and stood aside with her hands down.I stared at her coldly, Huanbi moved slightly unconsciously, and asked, "Why is Miss looking at this slave like this?" She suddenly looked away, and suddenly smiled: "I let them go out to take care of your face. Huanbi, you have worked hard and suffered a lot these days. It's really hard for you."

Huanbi stared at the ground, and whispered: "Miss, why do you say that, but this servant can't bear it." I stood up, walked around her twice, stood in front of her suddenly, stretched out my hand to caress her cheek slowly, and sighed: "Actually, you look a little like me." After a pause, I said: " It’s just that some people don’t agree with each other in some things, even people who grew up together can know people’s faces but not their hearts, it’s really chilling to me.” Huanbi's expression froze, and he forced a smile and said, "Miss, you say that slaves don't understand."

The voice was condensed suddenly, "Very good! I've already experienced eating and crawling around me. I don't think it's you this time." I have always treated her intimately and harmoniously, and I have never spoken so harshly before, Huanbi was so frightened that she knelt down in a hurry and shouted: "Miss!" I ignored it, and continued: "That day in the Shuilv Nanxun Hall, Cao Jieyu used the name of the emperor to meet me in the name of the six kings and provoked me. At that time, I suspected that it was someone close to me who leaked the news. It's just not yet. I thought it was you. It was Liu Zhu who went with me that day. She knows the most about the whole story. She is not as calm as you. .Who would have thought that I just left Tangli Palace today, and someone would report the news on the back. I don't believe it, how could Concubine Hua know that I was going to the Juju Hall, it can be seen that the people around me deliberately leaked the news. "

Huanbi's expression gradually calmed down, she looked up at me and said, "It's not just a servant who knows that the master is going to visit the master of Meizhuang. How can the lady know that it is Huanbi? Or is the lady prejudiced against Huanbi?" I smiled slightly, "You are indeed careful to cover up your traces. It's a pity that you neglected one thing——" "what?" "Do you remember that a few days ago, the emperor gave me a box of honey incense as a tribute from Nanzhao. This fragrance is insipid, but it will last for a long time when it touches the clothes. It is not an ordinary spice. Therefore, it is very precious. The emperor got it all This box was all given to me. But I gave it all to Cao Jieyu, and I saw her in the inner room with my own eyes." I glanced at Huanbi's gradually pale face, and gently rubbed it off with the shiny surface of the armor There were fine beads of sweat on her forehead, "I remember that before I went out, I told you to stay in the inner hall and not go out." I paused for a while, and slowly said: "What if you didn't have any objections to me as you said?" You will go into and out of her inner room, how could you smell of honeydew incense on your body?"

Huanbi looked at me with a gaping mouth, and said weakly: "Is there no slave—" "I deliberately asked Liu Zhu to guard the outer hall, because I knew you would go out through the side door in the back hall. Don't you feel suspicious? I let you stay in the hall alone." I said: "If you still refuse to admit it You can smell the honey fragrance on your body." Huanbi had a frightened expression on his face, hesitantly pulled up his sleeves and sniffed carefully, his face gradually turned white. I smiled and said: "Once this fragrance is applied, it will not fade for several days, and the fragrance is so faint that it is not easy to detect." After saying that, I stopped smiling and said coldly: "Aren't you telling the truth?"

When Huanbi heard the words, there was no blood on his face, and he looked up to the sky and said, "That's all. That's all. Who told me to fall into your trap!" I said: "I'm just suspicious. You, Liu Zhu, and Jinxi know the things around me best. Although Jinxi has only been by my side for a year, and Liu Zhu is sometimes impatient, but she is utterly loyal to me. Only you and I have some heart problems. But I am not sure if it is you, so I have to give it a try." I smiled lightly: "Who knows that you didn't calm down, wasting my years of training you gone."

Huanbi was speechless, but smiled wryly: "It's true that my fate is bad. You can do whatever you want." "However, I still want to thank you. If you hadn't gone to inform me, how could I have defeated Concubine Hua so easily today. Without her, I can live in peace for a while." Huanbi's voice was almost puzzled, trembling: "You..." I smiled, "Of course it's thanks to you. I'm afraid Concubine Hua hates you to the bone now, thinking that our master and servant are working together." I glanced at her and said, "You are really capable."

Huanbi stared at me blankly for a long time before saying, "I'm ashamed of you for being so scheming." I stared at her for a long time, and sighed softly, "I always praise you for your calmness, but it seems that you are still a little bit worse in the current situation. You are bent on getting things done, and you are not generous in your actions. How can you tell me to rest assured that you will marry you into an official family? How can you suppress those restless concubines when you become the main wife in the future?" Huanbi couldn't react for a while, and said in a daze: "You...you want to marry me into the official family?" Then she shook her head: "You just want me to be by your side to help you for the rest of your life, why have you ever thought about it for me?" What? Why bother to mock me again. " I said: "I have planned for you early in the morning, not to mention me, even Dad has planned for you. But if we don't talk about it, do you think I didn't plan for you? Even if you can help me again She is also going to marry and have children, even if it is Liu Zhu, if she wants to marry in the future, I will find a good marriage for her, let alone you. You may not underestimate me." She was almost dazed, wondering: "Really?" I was surprised and asked her, "Otherwise, what will you do? Do you want to be a concubine and marry a commoner? Before entering the palace, my father told me carefully that I must find a good family for you. I solemnly agreed." Yes. This is also the reason why I brought you into the palace. If you stay in Zhen’s mansion, at most you will marry a servant in the future, and you will be wronged for the rest of your life.” I couldn’t help but feel sad. Is it just a title?" Huanbi didn't seem to be able to fully believe it, but also seemed to be moved, and called out: "Miss." I bent down to help her up, and sighed softly: "There is no one here, why do you still want to call me 'Miss'? You should call me 'Eldest Sister'." Tears welled up in Huanbi's eyes, and I said, "Aren't you willing to call? In fact, you have been very clear about how I have treated you for a long time. The heart disease between you and me is not my heart disease with you. It's a generational thing." I pulled her to sit down, "I know you have been wronged for many years, although you were born by your father, but your name is not in the genealogy, and the name can't be "Yu", even your mother's tablet You can't enter the ancestral hall to offer incense. But Huanbi, doesn't daddy love you? Although you are my maid in name, I have always treated you like a sister." Huanbi pondered for a moment, bit her lips and said: "But I... as long as I think of my mother, I think of myself... No! As long as I become a concubine like you, daddy can recognize me and my mother's spiritual seat It will be the Zhenshi Ancestral Hall with a proper name." She raised her head proudly and said: "You can dislike the vulgar word 'Yu' in the name and discard it, but you don't know that this word 'Yu' is what I have been looking for all my life. No way." "Do you think everything is as simple as that? Once you become a concubine and your mother is revealed to be the daughter of a criminal minister in the harem competition, do you know the consequences? Not only will the Zhen family be implicated by you, but your father will privately accept the crime of the criminal minister." The crime of a woman is enough to send him into exile three thousand miles away, how can father bear such a torment when he is old? How can you bear it?" I paused and said, "Not to mention others, you think you have taken refuge in Cao Cao? Jieyu has someone to help you, so you can sit back and relax? In the end, you are the one who went out from here. In fact, Cao Jieyu is simply using you, otherwise she wouldn't mention your informant in front of me in Shuilv Nanxun Palace. Don't believe me, just look at Ligui Concubine and you will know that once you are useless, your fate will be worse than Ligui Concubine! What's more, after today's incident, do you think Concubine Hua and Cao Jieyu will still believe you? " Huanbi was dripping with sweat, and his lips were trembling slightly. I continued, "That's not counting. If you and my sisters will face competition for favor one day, will you tell Dad to be sad when he sees the sisters fighting? What's more, with you How can you compete with me for these trivial efforts now? It’s just making wedding clothes for others for nothing! How can you be so confused.” Huanbi lowered her eyebrows in shame, and murmured: "I don't want to fight with you." Her voice was sad: "Miss, I didn't mean to frame you. Even if the Emperor likes you so much, he would not have known that you went to see the little master Meizhuang." I am deeply responsible for you, and I will confine you for ten days and a half months at most...I...the emperor only has you in his eyes, as long as you disappear for a while, the emperor will definitely find that I dote on me..." She hesitated for a moment, "We will serve the emperor together. Okay? This is a matter of honoring the ancestors and the lintel." "You are my younger sister, so there is nothing wrong with serving the emperor together." I glanced at her and asked, "Huanbi, tell me, do you like the emperor?" Huanbi thought for a while, then shook his head vigorously. I said sadly: "Do you think that if you marry the emperor, you will have a status? In the end, you are just a concubine." I picked up the silk and wiped my tears: "Your mother was not even able to have the status of a concubine before she was alive. Could it be As a daughter, you want to tell your mother that you can only be a concubine?! What's more, you don't like the emperor, you live with a man you don't love all your life, and endure his censure and neglect of you because of other women , to fight with other women because of him, to have children for him, even if he can give you glory and wealth, but the next moment will be in limbo, are you willing? You are betraying me to gain favor, even if there is Concubine Hua Xianghu, will the people in the harem think highly of you? Will the emperor think highly of you?" Huanbi's complexion dimmed and she was speechless.The red candle flickered, and her shadow was also reflected on the wall.A dazzled look at the past, it seems to be trembling. I said again: "This is one of them. And can you guarantee that the emperor will like you? Judging from the current situation, the emperor doesn't seem to have a particularly good impression of you. It seems that it is very hard for you to fight for favor." I firmly looked at the bright night outside the window, bent down to help her up, and said softly: "Actually, I have already planned for you. If I have always been favored by the emperor, I will definitely point out a good marriage for you in the future, and you can do it too." Choose someone you like to grow old together. The celebrity around the emperor's favorite concubine will naturally marry a good person. At that time, I will let you recognize your father as a foster father. When you marry from Zhen's mansion, your mother's tablet will naturally enter Zhen's ancestral hall, your name will also be included in the genealogy. Your wish can be fulfilled. Wouldn't this be the best ending." I lowered my eyes and sighed, "It's my fault too. If I told you my plan earlier, I would have given you my name. There will be no difference like today." Huanbi looked up at me, her eyes filled with mist of sorrow and guilt, white tears gradually floated up, and a tear suddenly fell on my arm, warm to the touch.Huanbi cried and called me, "Eldest sister." I also cried, and said: "You said 'eldest sister', do you know how many years I waited to hear it." Huanbi threw herself into my arms: "I really didn't know that my elder sister treated me with such kindness, that's why I made such a big mistake." Then she sobbed and shed tears: "It's true that my younger sister is confused these days, which makes my elder sister troubled. My younger sister knows her mistake, In the future, I will definitely be of the same heart and mind with my eldest sister." I took a deep breath and said, "Yu Yao is cowardly, Yu Rao is young, and his elder brother is fighting in the battlefield again. The only ones we can rely on in the family are our sisters. If you and I are provoked by an adulterer and feel heartbroken, then the Zhen family will be hopeless." Huanbi burst into tears and said: "Huanbi has failed my elder sister's teachings for many years, please forgive me for my ignorance." I helped her up with my own hands, and said: "Your mother's matter has never been mentioned to Concubine Hua and the others. If they have known about it, I'm afraid there will be more troubles in the future, and the Zhenmen will be troubled endlessly." Huanbi shook her head and said, "I never mentioned it to them. On my mother's birthday a few months ago, Cao Jieyu saw me crying alone in the corner of Shanglin Garden, thinking that you beat and wronged me, so she got close to me with an excuse. I just want to use her He and Concubine Hua did not intend to frame the eldest sister for attracting the emperor's attention. Besides, the matter of my mother is of great importance, so I dare not talk to them about it." I nodded, "It's lucky if you don't tell me." Then said: "They may not be able to give you what you want, but I am your elder sister, I will definitely." Xun Xun asked some more about Concubine Hua and Cao Jieyu's relationship with her, and then Jinxi came in to accompany her at night.