The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(10)

The so-called worry not about scarcity but about inequality is gone. But you have it, others don't, and Concubine Hu has always been a flamboyant person, so she doesn't just attract people's hatred.

Mother Zhou hated Concubine Hu so much that she wanted to eat her flesh and drink her blood. She felt that it was because she was such a coquettish girl that she attracted the King of Jin to use all his energy on her, so the princess would never be able to give birth to a legitimate son.

Mother Zhou gritted her teeth as she spoke. Princess Jin was not angry, but laughed.

She has phoenix eyes and willow eyebrows, a frail body, and a pale complexion. She looks frail at first glance, but when she looks ridiculous, she looks like spring flowers blooming in March, so beautiful.

After laughing, seeing Zhou's mother still looking depressed, she couldn't help but smile and comfort her: "Okay, wet nurse. You also know my body, how can I withstand the pain of childbirth. If she has the ability to give birth to a son, just go If you give birth, this concubine will take her and raise her."

Zhou's mother somewhat disagreed with this attitude and said: "Princess, don't think this old slave is rude. You are the king of princesses, and the eldest son in this house must come from your belly. What is brought to you will be brought to you after all. , How can it be compared with my own biological child?

Mother Zhou had said these words to Princess Jin many times, but she never seemed to take them to heart.

Princess Jin looked at herself in the mirror, and she frowned in the mirror almost imperceptibly.

"Nanny, I have my own opinion on this matter, so don't worry about it."

Mother Zhou doesn’t want to worry, but can it be done? But she also saw her princess's displeasure and wanted to beat herself up.

After marriage

The prince's indifference towards the princess did not dare to stab Princess Jin in the heart, so he could only sigh deeply in his heart. Then he said: "The nipple I found for the little princess has arrived at the mansion and is waiting in the flower hall of Heyun Pavilion. Would you like to go and have a look, Princess?"

"I heard from Mother Li that she seems to have found a good person down there. If that's the case, I'll go take a look after breakfast."

"This Mrs. Li is also a quick talker."

Zi Yan on the side said with a smile: "The slave told the princess. The slave also wanted to share the worries for the queen, so she couldn't help but say more."

Mother Li is Zi Yan's mother, and both of them are Princess Jin's confidants. However, Mother Li is the mother in charge, taking care of many chores in the back house, and usually does not serve Princess Jin personally.

"I know you two are loyal to the princess."

After some gossip, Princess Jin took her people to Heyun Pavilion after having breakfast.

In Heyun Pavilion, Yao Niang had been standing for more than half an hour.

Her waist began to feel sore and her legs began to tremble, and others were not much better than her.

Seeing that except for a few people in the flower hall, there were no servants looking at them, so some people inevitably got lucky and sat down on the chairs next to them, intending to have a rest. One went, then two and three, leaving only Yao Niang standing there stupidly.

Yao Niang looked at the young women sitting there rubbing their legs and waists, and then looked at the eyes they were staring at her. He also knew that while everyone else was sitting, he felt out of place standing, so he also walked over.

The young daughters-in-law are so talkative that they talk too much when they sit together. You chat with me and I'll reply to you. Seeing that no one came over, we couldn't help but start chatting.

Yao Niang was not a talkative person, so she just listened to what they said.

After listening, I learned a lot.

I know that they are all related to the mansion, and most of them are relatives of a servant in the mansion. In fact, if you think about it, being an errand in the palace is a good job. You don't have to do heavy work, the monthly salary is good, and you don't have to sign a death contract. Not only those with connections can get in.

On the other hand, the two little women did not speak, and Yao Niang's attention was always on them.

To be precise, it should be placed on one of them, because in her previous life, she was set up by this person and lost her job as a nanny.

Chapter 8

There was a cool breeze blowing in Heyun Pavilion, and the sun outside was very bright. It shone on the green glazed tiles, stirring up streaks of golden light.

It’s only April, but the weather in Jinzhou is getting a little hot, and the sun is making people’s eyes dizzy.

But all this has nothing to do with Heyunge.

Heyun Pavilion is built in the back garden of the palace. The garden is lush with flowers and trees, and it is close to the water. A breeze blows, which means it is refreshing. Birds were chirping on the branches. It was a good place where birds were singing and flowers were fragrant.

Yao Niang only sat halfway up the chair, lowering her eyelids and not knowing what she was thinking.

And while she was thinking about her own thoughts, there was someone opposite her looking at her.

Cuizhu's mother-in-law worked as an errand in Zhuangzi where Princess Jin was married, and she herself was married to a village head in Zhuangzi. It's a pity that she had a bad life. The man died just after she got pregnant. There was no one in her husband's family, and she still had a brother and sister-in-law in her mother's family. She couldn't just live in her mother's family, so she used her connections to enter the palace and wanted to work as a nanny.

Cuizhu's biological aunt is a steward mother under the princess. There are no less than a dozen steward mothers like this around Princess Jin, each performing their own duties. But since the top wants to get things done, the bottom inevitably knows something about it, and Cuizhu knows something that others don't know.

It was because of this that she wanted to do this job at all costs.

Thinking back to Cuizhu, she had actually wanted to work in the palace for a long time. But her mother-in-law is the concubine of Princess Jin. She is well aware of her personality and does not want her daughter to come into the palace to climb such a high branch, so as not to harm the whole family. Therefore, as long as she is a dowry concubine from the Xu family, if there is a girl with a good color like Cuizhu in the family, she will generally not send her daughter to the princess.

For this matter, Cuizhu complained to her parents more than once, thinking that if they hadn't stopped her, she wouldn't have married such a person and ended up being a widow.

This time, the upper level leaked the news, and Cuizhu was thinking about it, and she was willing to give up her daughter who was only more than three months old to come.

This was her only way out.

But Cuizhu also knew that at most only two people would stay this time, and the person opposite was a big enemy.

From the moment that person walked in, Cuizhu knew that this person must have the same purpose as her, otherwise he would have found any kind of nanny, but had to find such a person.

This kind of person is obviously here to make trouble for the masters!

Cuizhu bit her bright red lower lip, and couldn't help but clench the sleeves of her clothes. Her phoenix eyes were full of jealousy when she looked over there.

For today, she deliberately wore all the clothes she had kept at the bottom of the box. Her hair was freshly washed, and she specially applied osmanthus-scented hair oil. Her hair was combed by her mother, and she also wore her only gold hairpin.

Cuizhu loved beauty and playing with herself since she was young. After giving birth to a daughter, she deliberately avoided eating, so her figure had long been restored. From Cuizhu's own perspective, she is definitely more beautiful now than before she got married, because only married women know that no matter how beautiful those immature girls are, they can't compare to women who have opened their minds.

But she——

Cuizhu once again looked at the person sitting opposite with red eyes of jealousy, and she wanted to scratch her face to relieve her anger!

Yao Niang always felt that someone was staring at her. When she raised her head, she saw the jealous eyes of the person opposite. Although the other party quickly lowered his eyes, she still looked at him.

She was a little palpitating.

Because of the other party's eyes. If there is no hatred or resentment, who would look at people like this.

Yao Niang smiled bitterly in her heart. In her previous life, she suffered many hardships. When she first entered the palace, her mind was not on the above at all. She only cared about self-pity and self-pity, and only knew to miss the son she had to leave behind. It was only when she was almost beaten to death that she finally pulled herself together and tried to save her life. Therefore, many things that happened when she first entered the palace were not clear in Yao Niang's memory. She could not remember whether Cui Zhu looked at her like this in her previous life.

At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder why Cui Zhu looked at her like this.

After all, she had just entered the palace, and the nurse who served the little princess had not been decided. She and Cui Zhu were not opponents, so why should she be so jealous of herself.

Could it be that Cui Zhu also lived again?

Immediately, Yao Niang felt that she was overthinking, because when she died in her previous life, Cui Zhu was still fine and was serving as the little princess's majestic nurse.

If Cui Zhu was not reborn, why would it be like this?

There is only one explanation, that is, Cui Zhu knows something. Or she has already been the candidate, so she is so hostile to her. But none of these make sense. After all, even if Cui Zhu was the candidate, she was not, so why should the other party be so hostile to her?

Yao Niang was not a very smart person. She would stop thinking if she couldn't figure it out after a while, but this incident left a shadow in her heart.

Someone outside the door suddenly cleared his throat.

All of a sudden, everyone who was sitting stood up and looked at the girl standing outside the door with some trepidation.

The girl was not very old, about twelve or thirteen years old. She looked at everyone with a stern white face, turned around and left again.

Just as everyone was feeling uneasy, several elderly women came in from outside.

They were well-dressed, solemn, and extraordinary. At first glance, they were the housekeepers in the mansion.

The one in the lead had a sleek bun and a long face, which made her look extremely serious. She wore a dark red silk shirt, a stone-blue vest, and a green horse-faced skirt. There was only an old silver hairpin on her head and a pair of cat's eye stone earrings on her ears. And those eyes are just like those cat's eyes, shining brightly, and it's hard to get along with them.

Yao Niang knew this person. She was Madam Li beside the princess, who was in charge of many affairs in the palace and could be regarded as one of the princess's right-hand men.

However, Yao Niang had also seen this person smiling and welcoming people. That was when she was just favored by the King of Jin. The princess gave her face, and even the servants around the princess also gave her face.

Although Yao Niang had only been in the palace for more than a year, she had seen many servants in the palace turn their faces like turning a book. One moment they were smiling and welcoming people, and the next moment they were full of contempt. Similarly, as long as they have power, they are masters in their eyes. If they lose power, they are worse than dogs.