Chapter 60 - Chaotic Jun Xin and the Fourth Prince are both courting death
Upon hearing this, Qing Ya and Lv Luo shook their heads, indicating that they did not know.
And at the corner of the carriage, in the bird cage, the reckless green parrot began to shout at the untimely moment: "Ugly girl, Ugly girl … Hua Ye wants to eat breakfast.
This parrot, young miss had been a treasure in the past, although the last time she changed her name was a little unpleasant, but it did not affect the parrot's intelligence at all. "Don't worry, eat some corn first, we'll settle down in the palace later on before eating anything else."
Hong Zhong snatched the corn, and said with a ferocious expression: "You have changed your name now, you are called Dumpling. Lv Luo, if it doesn't remember its name in the future, you don't have to eat it anymore.
"You, ugly girl." Dumplings' eyes were wide open as they flapped their green furry wings and pointed at Hong Zhong while cursing at him. However, they were still birds, and they did not know how to speak much, so they could only curse 'ugly girls without a conscience' and the like.
"Lv Luo, remember this, if it dares to call me ugly girl again in the future, after entering the palace, I will roast it. I want to eat a roasted parrot today at noon." Hong Zhong looked at the funny green parrot with a complacent look, her mood improved a little.
"Ugh …" A pair of emerald green wings immediately covered his beak. Hua Ye didn't want to turn into a roasted parrot or roast parrot at all.
When Qing Ya and Lv Luo saw the dumplings' appearance, they could not help but tease: "Miss, other than Hua Ye, you are the only dumpling here."
Hong Zhong raised his eyebrows, it was just a bird, I can't take care of you! A trace of curiosity towards that "Hua Ye" emerged in her mind. To be able to train a bird into such a comedian, she guessed that the previous owner of the bird must also be a comedian!
After entering the palace, he initially thought that he would still be living in the Tung Wah Wah, but this time he was in a different place.
Xiao Shunzi brought Hong Zhong and the others to the Xiwu Hall, where there was already a group of palace maids and eunuchs waiting. Xiao Shunzi looked at the crowd with satisfaction, and then spoke to Hong Zhong, "The Emperor has an order. These people are all assigned by the Internal Affairs Bureau to serve Miss. If Miss has any business, you can just instruct them directly. "
"Yes, yes." Hong Zhong nodded her head, her gaze sweeping across everyone, but she was unable to see the meaning behind her eyes, after seeing it, she spoke with satisfaction: "Eunuch Xiao Shunzi, you are too courteous."
"As long as Miss is satisfied. If there is nothing else, this servant will take his leave." As Xiao Shunzi said this, he tossed the floating sword in the air and prepared to leave.
"Eunuch, take care. Elegant, send me off." Hong Zhong then blinked her eyes at Qing Ya, she immediately understood and took out a silver note from her sleeves and handed it over to Xiao Shunzi when no one was looking: "On such a hot day, I will have to trouble you to bring this young miss back. This is my young miss here to treat this young master to tea."
Xiao Shunzi took the banknotes and took a glance at them, his face filled with shock.
A thousand taels!
This young miss Red House was too generous! These thousand taels of silver was not a small sum. Some people might toil for a lifetime, but they might not even be able to earn a thousand taels of silver. This was because the monthly salary of an ordinary palace maid was only two taels of silver.
"Miss is too polite." Xiao Shunzi quietly stuffed the silver bills into his sleeves and told Qing Ya: "This Xiwu Hall, from the founding of the Southern Qi, has always been a paradise for the young miss. Since the emperor has let her stay here, it can be seen that the emperor is treating the young miss very well.
"I would love to hear grandfather-in-law's beautiful words, but this is not normal. Where did this come from?" This servant is stupid, I hope this eunuch can give me some advice. " Qingya was also a ghost spirit.
Xiao Shunzi dusted his whisk, then pointed at him with his orchid flower fingers: "This hall is called Xiwu Hall, and from ancient times there is a saying that goes' Feng Feiwu cannot rest ', and Xiwu Hall, and Xiwu Hall, is naturally the Phoenix's residence. Since the founding of the Southern Qi, there has been no one to describe the intentions of the Emperor letting the Third Miss stay in the Xiwu Hall, from the Sacred Emperor to the late Emperor's Queen Ling Wei. The phoenix of this palace, was naturally referring to the person in the rear!
"Oh, oh. This servant understands." Qing Ya nodded, as if she had suddenly realized something, "This servant understands. I would like to hear more from eunuch."
"In that case, I'll take my leave first. "If you need anything, just go to the Internal Affairs Bureau and inform them." As he spoke, he tossed the horsetail whisk and happily left.
When Qingya told Hong Zhong about the "good news" she had gathered from Xiao Shunzi, Hong Zhong was not as happy as she thought she would be. Instead, she furrowed her brows, causing Qingya to become a little disarrayed, "Miss, the emperor treats you well, why does it seem like you're not happy yet?"
Even if you're happy, you still have to be happy!
As expected, after hearing Qingya's words, she seemed to have understood. Seeing Qingya and Lv Luo's confused expressions, she patiently explained to her: "When we live in the Xiwu Hall, the entire imperial palace will know in the near future. Others can guess what Xiao Shunzi's intentions are. Not long after the main hall for the imperial concubine selection is over, there will be a lot more people in the palace! " Thus, the reason why Baili Yi Chen allowed her to stay in the Xiwu Hall was not because he wanted to treat her well. Instead, he wanted her to become the target of public criticism.
How hard it would be to be safe among a group of jealous, fighting women! This technique of borrowing a knife to kill others was truly ruthless!
After hearing what Hong Zhong had said, Qingya and Lv Luo also came to a realization. "Then what should we do?"
"What can we do?" Hong Zhong laid on the table listlessly: "I can only try to stop them when they are at hand. Oh right, did you bring my Gold Medal for Free from Death?" Although it was a fake, when others didn't know about it, wasn't it the same!?
"Miss, lower your voice." Qing Ya looked outside the room vigilantly to confirm that she was not eavesdropping. She then took out a fake Gold Medal for Free from Death from her bag. "Miss, you can't be thinking of using this to trick the Emperor, right?"
This gold medallion was forged when he went to the ironworks shop with the Miss. Although it had crossed a layer of gold, it was still a fake! Ever since the young mistress had taken it back, he had kept it carefully, afraid that it would cause trouble if anyone found out about it.
"Otherwise?" Hong Zhong took the fake Gold Medal for Free from Death, tied it with a rope and hung it on her waist: "Now that we're living in the palace, maybe we'll see that doggy emperor everyday. If we're not careful, our heads won't be there anymore, so we naturally have to make some preparations!"
Qing Ya and Lv Luo were speechless: "Miss, have you noticed that you have become like the Fourth Prince of Dong Heng?"
"Is there?" Hong Zhong turned her head doubtfully: "What's the same?"
The two nodded their heads heavily and spoke at the same time, "The same death!" Miss, don't you know that you can actually die a thousand times over by using a fake gold medal to deceive the emperor?
And at this time, after eating their fill of dumplings, after hearing what Qing Ya and Lv Luo had said, he shouted with a sharp voice, "Die, die! "You're courting death!"
"Scram..." An apple flying towards it, a broken bird dares to say that I'm courting death!
… ….
After resting for the whole morning, Xiwu Hall had pretty much finished cleaning up. When Hong Zhong was preparing for her afternoon nap, a Xiao Gongnv walked in quickly and greeted Hong Zhong respectfully: "Miss, I, Mo Zhu, am under the orders of the Imperial Advisor to invite Miss to South study for a lesson."
Class? Hong Zhong thought back to yesterday, and agreed that in the future, she would not have to go to the Academy and be taught by the Imperial Advisor herself. It's already past noon, and you still want to go to class? " Can't you even let me take a break? Yesterday, she said that she would be attending class today.
Mo Zhu respectfully lowered his head and replied in a neither humble nor haughty manner, "The young miss has Imperial Advisor personally instructing her. As for the emperor and the Imperial Advisor, they all have to attend to matters of government in the morning, and only have four hours in the afternoon.
Forget it, since he was already prepared to learn, it was best to not learn where. He instructed Qing Ya to take the prepared Thousand Words and walked with Xiao Gongnv to the South study: "Let's go."
With Mo Zhu leading the way, they passed through layers upon layers of pavilions and pavilions. The scenery of the Imperial Gardens was actually quite good. There were all kinds of precious flowers and countless treasures.
Looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, the image of the Rose Pavilion's Rose which was filled with flowers appeared in his mind: "Big Sister Mo Zhu, how many years have you been in this palace?"
"Miss, this servant has stayed in the palace for 18 years." Mo Zhu was neither humble nor haughty as he led the way.
"Eighteen years, that long!" Hong Zhong couldn't help but size up the twenty year old palace maid in front of him. She looked to be at most twenty-four or twenty-five, would she have that much time?
Sensing the disbelief in Hong Zhong's eyes, Mo Zhu smiled lightly. "This servant has had a bitter life, and was an orphan ever since I was young. When I was six years old, I was adopted by the head of the imperial kitchens, Aunt Jin. This year, this servant is already 24 years old.
Hong Zhong opened the golden bone fan in her hand and raised her eyebrows, "Oh, oh, then when you entered the palace, wasn't that dog emperor still not born?"
"..." Mo Zhu turned his head and looked at Hong Zhong in disbelief. "Third Miss sure has a genuine temperament." The Dog Emperor? She really dared to say that!
Although he recovered very quickly, he was unable to escape Hong Zhong's eyes. "This servant knows that Rose Pavilion is a forbidden zone within the palace, and that no one is allowed to trespass. Those who violate the rules will be executed, I don't know anything else!"
"That's it?" Having stayed in the palace for eighteen years, he knew this was abnormal!
Mo Zhu paused awkwardly, then spoke out: "According to the rumors, twenty years ago, Rose Pavilion was the residence of the's favorite concubine, Lady Rou. Originally, it wasn't called Rose Pavilion, but because she was called Huyan Qiangwei, so the name of the palace was changed to Rose Pavilion to showcase her favor. No one is allowed to enter without permission. Just half a year later, because Gao Zu missed Rou, he passed away from the Rose Pavilion not long after. The late emperor ascended to the throne, and from that time onwards, the Rose Pavilion was listed as being a forbidden palace, and no one is allowed to enter! "
After hearing the story of the Rose Pavilion, Hong Zhong was also emotionally moved by him, "To have this kind of infatuation in the household of an emperor, the Gauzu emperor can also be considered to be a person of utmost love! Sigh... You said that Esteemed Empress Rou gave birth to her twin princes and that the Sixth Prince died in a sea of fire. Then, what about the other prince? "
Mo Zhu paused. "He is the current Regent!"
Uncle?!
No wonder he was so lonely and cold. Turns out that his background was as miserable as his own, he had lost both his parents and lived by himself since he was young, and he at least had a few good sisters from the orphanage. But he, he did not have anything!
As he thought about this, he felt an indescribable pain in his heart for Baili Mingyue.
This might be the legendary mutual sympathy!
"Big Sister Mo Zhu, why did you tell me these things? Are you not afraid of bringing disaster upon yourself?" When he asked her about it, he actually didn't have much hope of finding out. However, she could tell from Mo Zhu's tone that the story was absolutely true, and was not just a common rumour in the palace.
Hearing this, Mo Zhu's tone remained indifferent. "Because …. "You are you."
Because you are you!
Hong Zhong had heard of these words before. The last time was when Hong Zhong asked Baili Mingyue about why she was worried about him. Of course, his answer was because you are you!
When Mo Zhu heard this, he smiled and declined to comment.
Before long, they had arrived at the South study located at the southern end of the imperial study.
Before Baili Yi Chen ascended to the throne, he was taught by the crown prince. After he ascended to the Imperial Advisor, the crown prince's tutor was even in charge of teaching Baili Yi Chen. In the morning, he took care of government affairs in the imperial study, and after lunch break, he would come here to teach.
Today, Hong Zhong had come a long time ago, and other than the little eunuch Xiao Xia, who was on duty, there was not a single person in South study!
"Miss, you can start your research here. Imperial Advisor is currently discussing political matters with the Emperor and the Regent King in the imperial study. They will be coming over shortly." After Xiao Xia helped Hong Zhong brew a pot of Dragon Well, he added some Spirit Boosting Incense into the censer in the room and left.