C12

I thanked Yang Liang and brought the dog back to the pavilion. In the evening, Yang Liang sent someone to deliver a message saying that he had found out that Li Jun had successfully left the capital. Due to Li Jun's efforts to stop him, the guards no longer looked for the 'assassin', only that Armu had lost his eyesight. It was a great pleasure for him to see that the dog was very proud of what he had done today.

I don't know whether the weather suddenly turned cold, or yesterday the shock did not retreat, I launched a high fever.

The spring rain continued to fall, mixing with the cool air that entered into my bone marrow. It was cold, really cold. My body was already covered by three brocades, but my heart was still chilled.

The palace was in a state of chaos. The empress had brought the imperial physician over. I was confused and didn't know what they had said. I only felt the empress place her hand on my forehead and scolded them anxiously.

"How do you serve? If you have even the slightest bit of unpleasantness, all of you will be punished in the Suffering Division! "

Then the doctor gave me a prescription, and someone fed me a bitter potion, and I fell asleep.

Later, when I went to the Great Turkic Prairie, I saw One-Eyed Armu clutching his bloody eyes with one hand and hitting Lijun with the other with the big whip, and I cried out, Lijun, run!

"Little Ling'Er, what happened to you?" I opened my eyes in astonishment and saw the empress sitting at the head of my bed, looking benevolently at me. To be honest, she was a very beautiful woman, and her royal life in the palace had filled her face with a noble aura and the majesty of a motherly woman. However, I was unwilling to ignore her.

My resentment toward the Queen caused me to look away, ignoring her.

The empress knew that I was purposely angry at her and instead smiled faintly. She instructed Ying Xiu to stay here and look after me, then left.

When I woke up again, it was already the afternoon of the next day. My fever had subsided and my whole body felt much more relaxed. It was just that my stomach was feeling hungry.

I like to eat nanny's silver ear lotus seed soup, nanny likes to put a few small jujube in the soup, this will have a sweet flavor.

After a bowl of lotus seed soup, I felt a little strength coming into my body. I struggled to sit up, and suddenly heard the sound of someone kowtowing from the front hall. The empress had arrived. Seeing that I had already sat up and my face was red, the Queen's face was brimming with joy as she said,

"Little Ling'er, rest well. There's no need to bow." After saying that, she presses down on me, who was about to stand up and kneel down.

"Thank you, Your Highness the empress." I replied indifferently.

The Queen didn't seem to mind. She just brought one person with her and brought it to me with a smile.

"Why don't you hurry up and greet Princess Yu Jian? She is the master you will serve, and also my future daughter-in-law. "

I noticed then that the queen was accompanied by a little lady of my age, and though she was dressed in a court dress, she must have come from a noble family, judging by her manner and expression.

"Your servant Chen Chong greets Your Highness!" With that, I bowed and stood by the side of the couch. I didn't know who she was, but I looked at the empress doubtfully.

The Queen looked at me and explained softly:

"Guang'er has won a great victory this time, Emperor Nan Chen has pledged his allegiance to our Big Sui, and also came the sons and daughters of Nan Chen, all serving as court ladies, or as slave servants. Chen Zhong was originally of noble status, and was about the same age as you, so he sent them to serve you, Jun'er has left, and I know that you are sad, but now, I have returned you to the palace as a princess."

The empress coaxed me into thinking of sending another palace maid in my busy life to make up for it. Even if I didn't resent her, I couldn't keep my temper up. After all, she was the empress.

The empress was busy with her work, so she left after a few words of consolation.

I took a good look at Chen, who was standing by the side of the couch, wearing a purple robe with half an arm and a purple fairy dress. They were simple palace attire. Her eyes were bright and her teeth were white, she was elegant and dignified, her skin was snow-white, and her bearing noble. Although her decorations were simple and crude, it was difficult to conceal her natural beauty. She was extremely likeable. However, her expression was always cold, making people unable to get close to her.

I beckoned for her to come over and asked,

"Are you also a princess?"

"This servant doesn't dare!" Chen Zhen lowered his head, his expression still cold. Perhaps it was due to the destruction of the nation that she had become so cold at such a young age. The look in her eyes was very complicated.

"Granny, reward her with a bowl of lotus seed soup." I said gently. In his heart, however, he felt boundless pity for her. After all, my fate was similar to hers, and they both came from different countries to the Grand Sui Empire. The only difference was that my status was noble, and she could only serve as a servant or slave.

Chen Zhen thanked him and took the lotus seed soup. After taking a bite, he turned his back and spat in the spittoon. His tone was somewhat unkind and contained a trace of reproach as he said:

"How do you put dates in the soup? This servant is not used to this taste. "

The moment he said this, everyone was stunned.

What surprised me was that what I thought was delicious was so unbearable in her eyes. It was obvious that there was a huge difference in taste between people. But when he thought about how she was originally a girl of gold, and that it was normal for her to be picky, he did not think too much about it. He just happened to be noticed by the empress's personal maid, Ying Xiu.

"Descending hoof!" Do you think you're a princess? You are only a maid now, and you still dare to spit out whatever the princess has bestowed upon you? Be careful of your skin! "

There were five red finger marks on Chen's snow-like face. She covered her face, tears of grievance welling up in her eyes. However, she stubbornly endured them all along. She didn't let them flow, only faint traces of blood flowed out from the corners of her mouth.

"Aunt Ying Xiu, Chen Wu has just arrived and hasn't gotten used to it. Please forgive her this time." Seeing this, I could not help but feel pity in my heart as I hurriedly said this.

Ying Xiu quickly kneeled down and said respectfully:

"The princess is right, this servant has been rude, and the princess has just recovered. This servant will go to the empress for punishment when I return, but your highness shouldn't get too used to these little hooves. The empress said that if she's even the slightest bit disrespectful, she can be sent to the torture division."

Ying Xiu was originally a person who would stick to her word, otherwise, she wouldn't have followed the Queen for so many years. Today, she was the one who taught Chen Zhong a lesson in front of me, so naturally, she got orders from the Queen. In the next moment, two thoughts appeared in my mind: Either the Queen let Ying Xiu teach Chen Zhong a lesson in front of me, and make an example to warn me of the disrespect I have shown the Empress these days; or the Empress is worried that Chen Xuan is a prisoner of a deceased nation, and that she hates Big Sui, afraid of being disloyal to her.

"Aunty, please rise. Since Chen Zhong has followed me, I will properly control him. For my sake, aunt, please do not report this matter to the Empress." I did not guess what the empress was thinking. I only wanted to take care of Chen, since she was still young and had turned from a princess to a servant in a few days. Naturally, she was very angry.

It was hard to accept that I had gone from a country girl to a princess, not to mention Chen.

"Well …" Ying Xiu looked at me hesitantly. In the end, she replied, "Ying Xiu has remembered it."

I looked at Chen, told the dog to get the best ointment to put on her.

"Your servant thanks Your Highness Princess!" However, from her eyes, I didn't see any hint of gratitude. Instead, I felt that there was disdain in her gaze.

"Chen Hei, you have a similar identity to me, so naturally you don't have to do any menial chores. You just have to stay by my side, although you and I can't call each other sisters, in my heart, I really want to see you as a sister." I just want to use my own way to slowly demoralize her. I hope that she won't forever live in the grief of a dead country. If she can be like Li Jun and have a heart to heart relationship with me, then that would be perfect.

"This servant dares not." Chen Zhong's voice was still calm.

I didn't say anything else and told her to retire and rest properly.

After Ying Xiu left, I sent orders to everyone in Wangyou Pavilion, not to treat Chen Ying as an ordinary palace maid. Her status was very high, and she was only considered to be half a master of Wangyou Pavilion.

Among the prisoners brought from South Chen, the older women were given to the court ministers and border warriors as concubines. It was said that two concubines were given to them, one of which was Chen Zhong's aunt, the younger sister of the later leader of the Chen family. However, the empress was jealous, so she naturally wouldn't give the princesses of the fallen states the chance to bewitch the Emperor. Presumably, it was just a fake name to appease the people of South Chen.