The more Chu Miaoer walked inside, the more surprised she felt. Even though Al Yunduo was no longer a favored person, Baixiang Palace was still a palace for concubines, so it was so deserted. Walking from the outside of the palace, he didn't meet one or two people along the way.
If it weren't for the decent furnishings in the palace, the maidservants who serve her would be as miserable as a cold palace.
"Concubine Yun..." When she was about to reach the door, the maid cleared her throat and said in a high-pitched voice, "The Queen and the Fourth Princess are here to see you..."
Chu Qianqian glanced at Chunliu calmly and motioned for her to open the door. There was no emotion or anger on her face. It was indeed outrageous to have the Queen stand outside the door and wait for the concubine to open the door. Chu Miaoer turned her head.
He glanced at the palace maid and quickly looked away.
"My servant has met the queen and the four princesses." Seeing the door open, Qing Glaze hurriedly walked forward and saluted one by one. But when she saw all the servants in the palace lined up and standing outside the house, she suddenly felt sad in her heart.
Somewhat uneasy.
Al Yunduo was sitting on the table by the window, flipping through a book. When he heard the noise, he lazily raised his eyes. Seeing that they just stood up and bowed perfunctorily, he sat down again and continued reading.
After knowing her for so long, this was the first time to see her holding a book, which really surprised Chu Miaoer.
"The Baixiang Palace is not as good as the Fengwei Palace. The queen can sit wherever she wants." Al Yunduo said without raising his head, "Qingglai, go and serve hot tea to the two masters to prevent the cold air from entering the body."
“This is ‘uninvited’, so there’s no need to go to the trouble of making new tea for us, this is enough.” Chu Miao’er pointed to the teapot that was boiling next to her and said, “The Queen and I don’t mind.”
The empress is so noble, how can she use the old tea brewed by the concubines? Qingglai looked uncertainly at Chu Qianqian, who was sitting quietly opposite Al Yunduo. Seeing her nodding, she dared to pour them two cups of the pot of tea.
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Chu Miaoer glanced at Chu Qianqian secretly, and asked first: "Qingglai, is the charcoal fire provided by the inner palace to Baixiang Palace still enough? How come I don't see Concubine Yun equipped with a hand stove?"
"Going back to the Fourth Princess, since Concubine Yun came back, it has become easier for the servants to go to the inner palace to pick up things for the winter. The inner palace also prepared corresponding charcoal fires for Baixiang Palace on time. However, Concubine Yun took pity on Bi'er and sent her to the palace.
I gave her the stove as a gift." Qing Glaze said clearly.
"Bier?" Chu Qianqian said in a deep voice, "Bring Bi'er in."
"Slave Bi'er is here to see the empress..." Bi'er was still a junior, and seeing the three masters in front of her, she thought that she must have done something wrong when she was brought into the house, so she prepared to kneel down without even thinking about it.
Chunliu quickly stopped her with quick eyes and hands.
"My Majesty didn't ask you to kneel down, why are you kneeling?" Chun Liu saw her timidly lowering her head, took out the hand stove from her sleeve and handed it to Qing Glaze, "Look at this?"
Qing Glaze took it from her hand, looked at it briefly, and then nodded affirmatively and said, "That's it, Sister Chunliu, is there anything wrong with this stove?"
"There is nothing wrong with the hand stove, but Bi'er doesn't seem to have received Concubine Yun's wishes..." Chu Miao'er stood up and walked to Bi'er and said, "Chunliu, bring that person up."
The man walked in tremblingly and saw Bi'er standing, so he had no intention of kneeling down.
"Why don't you kneel down when you see the Queen? You are considered an old man in the palace. Do you need me to remind you of these rules?" Chun Liu pushed her hand unceremoniously.
The palace maid didn't expect that Chunliu would reach out and push her. She was unsteady and took a few steps back before stopping and kneeling on the ground, making a loud "thud" sound. The expression on her face was also filled with pain.
, they were instantly twisted together, clutching their knees and bursting into tears.
Qing Glaze looked at Bi'er's hand and was shocked: "Bi'er, what's wrong with your hand?!"
"Fourth Princess... My hands are ugly, I'm afraid to scare all the masters..." Bi'er is young and timid, and she is afraid that things will get worse. She secretly tried to retract her hand, but was caught by Chu Miao'er and unable to move.
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With such a big commotion, it was no longer appropriate for Al Yunduo to pretend to be deaf and dumb. She placed the book in her hand on the table, and what caught her eye when she raised her head was not the tearful face of the palace maid, but Bi'er's pair of eyes.
The hands were so red and swollen that no wrinkles could be seen.
"What are you afraid of? I just want to take this opportunity to let your master see how the people of Baixiang Palace work in spite of themselves." Chu Miao'er looked at her and said calmly, "Otherwise, your master wouldn't even know that he can raise so many wastes.
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As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Qianqian suddenly turned away. Al Yunduo glanced at her out of curiosity and saw that she was holding back her laughter. She patted the table and stood up.
"Aren't you using the hand stove I gave you? Why is it frozen like this?" Al Yunduo glared at Bi'er, who was submissive. Seeing that she couldn't speak for a long time, he turned around and pointed at Bi'er's hand and asked Qingglai, "You
Do you usually see her hands like this?"
Bi'er is the youngest among the palace ladies in Baixiang Palace, and she comes later, so she is often asked to do more, but as long as it is not excessive, she has always turned a blind eye. What's more, since Al
When Yunduo came back, Qingglai's thoughts were all on Al Yunduo, and she had no time to care about Bi'er! Moreover, she didn't live in the same house with Bi'er and the others on weekdays, so it was impossible to know what was going on between them.
What happened.
So Qing Glaze frowned and shook her head: "Slave... I really didn't pay attention..."
"Concubine Yun, the hand stove fell out of her hand." Chunliu pointed to the palace maid on the ground and said calmly, "She said you gave it to her because you felt sorry for her cold hands, so you cherish it very much."
The palace maid was so frightened that she trembled. If the lie she made up could deceive herself, how could she deceive Al Yunduo herself? She immediately kowtowed and prepared to explain: "Concubine Yun, my slave...ah! -"
"Bad luck!" Al Yunduo was holding his breath in worry. He lifted up his dress and kicked the palace maid on the shoulder. He cursed loudly: "You really make yourself look bad. I am the most disgusted with it in the entire Baixiang Palace.
It’s you!” She pointed at the people outside the door and shouted, “Get them all in!”
The few people looked at each other, lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word, and knelt down on both sides of the palace maid uniformly.
"Yes... it was given to me by Bi'er," the palace maid pointed at Bi'er who was standing with her head bowed in panic, and said half pleading and half threatening, "Isn't it? You transferred this Bi'er to me, right?
?”
Seeing her such a fierce look, Bi'er couldn't help but take half a step back in shock. If Qing Glaze hadn't been standing next to her at this moment, her feet would have been weak and paralyzed on the ground.
"I..." As soon as Bi'er moved her mouth, she felt the strength on her arm. She turned her head and saw Qing Glaze shaking her head slightly, and then she closed her mouth tightly.
"Speak! Speak to the queen!" The palace maid straightened her upper body, as if preparing to stand up, but she underestimated Al Yunduo's temper.
Al Yunduo kicked her in the chest again, and the palace maid was immediately kicked and fell backwards. She lay on the ground grinning in pain, and no one came to help her.
"Is it because I treat you so well on weekdays that you dare to dominate me, right? Ben..." Al Yunduo put his hands on his hips and took a deep breath before saying, "I gave it to others.
Are you tired of living even if you dare to snatch things?" Seeing that they remained silent, he suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Don't you want to live anymore?"
When those people saw that Al Yunduo was really angry, their palms were already sweating, and their eyes were constantly turning to think of ways to clear it up.
"This slave deserves to die. I didn't mean to disobey the queen's will. I just... I just listened to her words. I didn't bully Bi'er and the queen was aware of it..."
"Yes, my dear, the matter of hand stove has nothing to do with slaves..."
"It's so noisy, shut up!" With a scolding, the room finally quieted down. Al Yunduo walked up to Bi'er and looked at her intently and asked, "You only need to answer, did they steal it or not?"
Did you give it to me?”
Bi'er frowned and bit her lips tightly. It seemed that she had gone through a long period of suffering and finally closed her eyes and closed her heart. She pointed at the palace maid who fell on the ground and said: "Back to the empress, she robbed it. This servant refused to give it to me.
They didn't allow the slave to go back to the house to sleep, and even poured water on the slave's bedding. The slave really had no choice."
"No, no, that's not what she said. Please listen to my explanation..."
"She robbed it, not us, empress..."
If just now he was just helping Bi'er out of anger for the sake of Qing Glaze, then Al Yunduo is really angry to death now, and anyone who dares to touch her is really tired of living.
"Qing Glaze, hurry up and call someone to drag them away. Don't appear in front of me in the future. That person, go see if that person is still alive, or drag him down and throw him into a mass grave behind the mountain if he dies.
." Al Yunduo waved his hands in disgust, turned around and found a chair to sit down on.
When the man on the ground heard Al Yunduo's words, he immediately sat up and cried out in a sob voice: "I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong. Please be kind to the queen and let me go. I won't dare to do it anymore..."
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Suddenly, those people seemed to have found a backbone and shouted "have mercy" to Chu Qianqian.
Chu Qianqian had a calm look on her face. She looked at the people who were kneeling down to beg for mercy. She took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Each palace has its own rules. I can't get involved in the affairs of Baixiang Palace. I'll leave everything to you."
It’s the concubine’s idea, but disobeying the master is an unforgivable death penalty in any palace.”
Once they heard what the Queen said, those few people were really ashen-faced, and it was already too late to regret.
"Expulse them from the palace and never let me see them for the rest of their lives!" Al Yunduo placed the water glass heavily on the table, seemingly still angry, "How does the Queen feel about this decision?"
"I agree very much," Chu Qianqian nodded in approval, "Since you can't learn to be obedient, you will become a disaster if you stay in the palace in the future. This time, I will serve as a warning to all the palace people. Chunliu, follow me.
Order down."
Chun Liu nodded in agreement, and quickly led Qing Glaze and others to take them out. For a moment, the noise stopped, and the room was empty and silent.
"I don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything. You didn't come to me just to see how I deal with the maids in the palace, right?" Al Yunduo looked at them with his chin propped up, "Tell me, what's the matter?"