On the day Zhong Chuchu died, Mu Qingchao stood outside Beiyuan holding an oil-paper umbrella.
Looking at the deep courtyard inside, you can't see the bottom at a glance. When the little eunuch brought the meal in, he clearly hid a piece of white silk under the plate.
According to historical records, the Jade Concubine was also given death by a piece of white silk.
Probably, it is a predetermined destiny.
Mu Qingchao suddenly remembered that when Zhong Chuchu first entered the palace, he looked so lively and proud while sitting on the sedan chair.
She has always been proud, the eldest daughter of the Zhong family, Mrs. Zhong loves her like her eyes, and she is surrounded by many young masters from the aristocratic family.
When she and her mother entered the Zhong family for the first time, Zhong Chuchu looked at her with her head held high: "Your father is Mu Changting? A third-grade censor is not a big official.
Now that there are no more people, it is even more useless."
"You will follow me from now on, help me carry things, run errands and be a servant girl. If I am happy, I can also take care of you."
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What a arrogant girl she used to be, but now she has ended up in such a place, with an awkward ending.
Mu Qingchao felt sad, but not sympathetic.
It was indeed painful for Ma to send her daughter to die with her own hands, but how could she not have killed her family with her own hands back then?
Her pain at that time was no less than Ma's.
After all, Zhong Chuchu still had the support of the Zhong family. If she had been soft-hearted that day, she would have died without even a body.
In this world of cannibalism, either she dies or I live.
Mu Qingchao was not so generous as to sacrifice himself to help his enemies.
"Your Majesty, it's raining heavily, we should go back."
Mu Qingchao stood outside the cold palace for a while, listening to Chun Ya whispering in his ear.
Mu Qingchao nodded, said, "Let's go," and turned around to leave.
She didn't see that in the courtyard behind her, Zhong Chuchu was being strangled by the eunuch from behind, her eyes tightly open, and her hands struggling hopelessly in mid-air.
After a while, she finally gave out all her strength, loosened her hands, and lay down on the grass, crushing a few peonies that had just grown in spring.
The steady rain washed her half-worn clothes.
Mu Qingchao was led back to the palace by Chunya. By coincidence, he saw a little maid squatting in the imperial garden.
The maid kept wiping her tears in front of a cluster of camellias, when she suddenly heard Mu Qingchao's voice above her head.
"Which palace are you from?"
The little maid was startled, and when she raised her head, she saw Mu Qingchao. She was so frightened that she turned around and knelt down towards Mu Qingchao: "You deserve to die, I didn't see the Queen Mother. Please forgive me, Queen Mother..."
"Ai Jia asked you, which palace are you from?"
The little maid thought that Mu Qingchao was going to ask questions and was so frightened that she could only reply with a trembling voice: "Slave...slave, Si...Sicui Palace."
Sicui Palace, there are two masters living in Sicui Palace, one is Concubine Hui, and the other is Miss Zhong. I don’t know who the master of this girl is.
Mu Qingchao laughed casually and said, "These beautiful flowers are blooming so beautifully. They shed tears for no reason. It's time to stop feeling sad."
When the maid heard this, she felt sad and sad. She just said: "It's my slave who deserves to die, it's my slave who deserves to die..."
Just at this moment, a voice came from behind.
"The Queen Mother is so cheerful. She is still in the mood to go for a walk even though it is raining."
Mu Qingchao turned around and saw someone coming, who was it if it wasn't Zhong Yingying?
Zhong Yingying wore a Yuehua Su embroidered cloud brocade dress. She was not like her sister who liked to wear gorgeous clothes. She wore plain colors, and her slender figure made it even more frail, but she had an air of elegance.
Behind her, a maid held a basket full of broken flowers.
Thinking about it, she regretted the spring rain and couldn't bear it, so she asked the maids to put it away.
She has always had this problem. For example, she will cry when the swallows fly away from the porch, and she will also cry when the autumn leaves fall.
I think life is going too well, and there is really nothing to worry about. I can only feel a little sad about the spring and a little sad about the autumn.
It is exactly this that the princes and grandsons love the most. They say that she has a delicate mind and that she is infinitely talented.
In order to please her, a young man from an aristocratic family once picked up the first begonia flower that fell on Jiyue Mountain for her in autumn.
Do you think it's funny?
At this moment, Mu Qingchao looked at Zhong Yingying walking in front of him step by step, and raised his head: "Beauty Zhong, when you entered the palace, there was no nanny to teach you the rules?"
This means that when Zhong Yingying sees her, she should kneel down and salute.
Zhong Yingying's expression changed.
Naturally, she didn't want to kneel down. The scene when Mu Qingchao returned to Zhong's house that day and acted arrogantly, humiliating the whole family, was still vivid in her mind.
While she was hesitating, she heard Mu Qingchao laugh and say: "Zhong Meiren has just entered the palace, so she probably hasn't heard about what happened to Concubine Jade that day, right?
It is said outside that Concubine Jade is domineering, but the second young lady of the Zhong family is docile, intelligent and agile, and is superior to Concubine Yu in everything.
But the Ai family looked at it today, and it was nothing more than that.
It's the same thing... just stupid."
Mu Qingchao said this to threaten Zhong Yingying with what happened to Zhong Chuchu that day.
There were so many people in the palace that nothing could be hidden. The story of the Queen Mother slapping Jade Concubine to teach her to behave was spread throughout the previous dynasties.
Although many people criticized Mu Qingchao for bullying others, in the end, it was Zhong Chuchu who suffered the loss.
Zhong Chuchu was a concubine back then, but she still couldn't find favor with Mu Qingchao, not to mention that Zhong Yingying was just a mere beauty now.
Zhong Yingying was not as impulsive and irritable as her sister. Even though she was unwilling to do so, she lowered her head and said, "I would like to pay my regards to the Queen Mother."
Mu Qingchao smiled: "This is how you behave."
One sentence was like training a dog, which made Zhong Chuchu feel even more ashamed.
She took two more steps forward, almost touching Mu Qingchao, and said something in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"The Queen Mother looks very proud of herself.
But what does temporary glory mean? Do you really think that I will be a beauty for the rest of my life, lying low in front of you?
People still have to take a long-term view, and the one who laughs to the end is the winner."
Mu Qingchao understood Zhong Yingying's words clearly, which meant that she had a background like the Zhong family, so she would not stay under others for a long time.
She has ambitions and means, and it is only a matter of time before she becomes favored. When she has a prince, she will be able to firmly crush Mu Qingchao under his feet.
But Mu Qingchao didn't know how to pretend to understand, so he took two steps back slightly and his voice was clear.
"Of course the Ai family does not want my sister to stay in the position of beauty for a long time. We are a family with broken bones and even tendons. Of course the Ai family hopes that my sister can take the position of queen step by step.
In this way, it will not be in vain that the Jade Concubine empress specially made room for you.
Come to think of it, if the Jade Concubine had knowledge, she would also be happy for you."
As soon as Mu Qingchao finished speaking, Zhong Yingying's face fell.
If others don’t know, doesn’t Zhong Yingying still know?
What does it mean to make special space?
Her sister hated her because she entered the palace.
If it wasn't because he hated her, he wouldn't have cursed her every night, and in the end had to end up being strangled to death with a piece of white silk.
Zhong Yingying and Zhong Chuchu are biological sisters, and their relationship has always been very good. How can you not feel sad when your sister dies because of her?
Because of this level of discomfort, it seems that my expectations and ambitions for the future have also been clouded with unhappiness.
But Mu Qingchao poked at her pain point and told her that your future success was earned by your sister's life. How cruel.
Zhong Yingying was stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses again, Mu Qingchao had already walked away, holding her hair in a bun on her temples.
The verbal battle between the two people missed the opportunity.
Zhong Yingying looked at Mu Qingchao's charming and charming back, and her teeth itched with hatred.