As soon as Wang Tian entered the door and saw Xu Yingying's appearance, he immediately praised her to the heavens.
"I have seen Concubine Xian, if I hadn't known that I was coming to Concubine Xian's bedroom.
I'm afraid I might think that this is a fairy daughter from the sky falling down.
There is no such beauty in the world, you can only see it in heaven!"
Xu Yingying stretched out her hand painted with bright red khaodan and smoothed her hair on her temples.
"Look at your mouth, it looks like it's covered in honey.
I would like to make me happy. Have you finished your work?
Don’t be so busy trying to coax people that you forget about the real thing.”
Wang Tian hurried forward, straightened Xu Yingying's skirt, and said with a smile.
"This slave is doing the work, the queen can just rest assured.
Everything is ready."
I thought that Xu Yingying was going to go out at this moment, but she didn't expect that she would turn around and sit in front of the soft body.
He ordered the palace maid to seal the hot tea cakes and looked like she was not in a hurry to go out.
Xu Yingying took a slow sip of tea and looked at the sky outside.
"Don't worry, this is a timely help.
The charcoal fire provided will be useful only if the snow is heavy."
Wang Tian understood and gave Xu Yingying a thumbs up gesture.
"Your Majesty is still thinking carefully, this slave has such a stupid brain, but he didn't think of this level..."
After about an hour, Xu Yingying stood up and walked slowly outside.
At this moment, outside the Imperial Garden.
A palace maid was kneeling in the snow, with a thick layer of snow already falling on her body and head.
The man was shivering with cold and looked very pitiful.
In the pavilion on the side, several ladies from the family were holding a heater, gathered together in twos and threes, and were talking in low voices.
It was as if he didn't see it, and he didn't even raise his eyelids.
A eunuch stood outside the pavilion, staring at the palace maid and making a mocking sound.
"Kneel down and don't move.
Today I soiled the clothes of some ladies. They were magnanimous and could not bear to be punished.
But there are rules in the palace. I ask you to kneel down here to make your memory long. Do you remember it?
Fortunately, there are a few young ladies who came here today, if it had been the empress and the others.
You can't save your head.
Kneel down properly, the ladies asked you to get up before we talk."
The palace maid's upper and lower teeth were chattering from the cold, her lips were blue and blue, but her face was full of grievances.
"Really, it's none of your slave's business.
Servant, it is clear that there is no..."
Before he finished speaking, the little eunuch picked up a basin of cold water and poured it down on his head.
"How dare you talk back? Do you know who are here today?
They may be the future masters of the palace, if they offend them.
Carefully touch your skin and kneel down..."
In the middle of winter, it is already bitingly cold.
When the basin of cold water went down, it unfortunately froze.
Cuiliu hurriedly felt as if she had been put into an ice cellar. Her body was so frozen that it was difficult to even move.
She felt that she was afraid of freezing to death.
If she had known that this errand would be so difficult, she would not have snatched Su Jinxiu's errand just now.
Let Su Jinxiu suffer this crime herself.
The maids like them can only work near the imperial kitchen on weekdays, but they finally have the opportunity to take a trip to the imperial garden.
If any master takes a fancy to you, you have to go to the palace.
She could also get some easier jobs. She happened to go to Meiyuan and heard from Su Jinxiu that she had been assigned this good job.
I was jealous, so I took this job.
I thought I was just sending plum blossoms to show my face.
Who would have known that I would meet these young ladies halfway.
She obviously didn't do anything, but one of the ladies insisted that she soiled their clothes.
The eunuch in charge happened to pass by and indiscriminately asked her to kneel in the snow.
He said that when the ladies' clothes were dried, he let her get up.
The eunuch in charge looked strange, and he was not one of the prince's men, so it was not easy for her to intercede.
I can only hope that these ladies will show mercy and spare her this time.
Just when Cuiliu thought she was going to fall, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind her.
Immediately, a gentle voice sounded.
"What's going on? Why are you kneeling on the ground in such heavy snow?
Poor thing, get up quickly..."
Cuiliu recognized that it was Concubine Xian's voice and stiffly turned her head to look.
Looking at Xu Yingying dressed up in the snow, at that moment, I saw Guanshiyin Bodhisattva rescuing people from suffering.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please save this slave..."
Among all the servants in the palace, who doesn’t know the doting Concubine Xian?
Now that the empress is here, she should be saved.
Xu Yingying stepped forward slowly, raised her hand to support the green willow, and frowned slightly.
"What mistake did you make? How did you end up like this?"
Cuiliu gritted her teeth and told Xu Yingying what happened just now.
Finally, I looked at the pavilion with some aggrievedness.
"Your Majesty, my servants really didn't dirty their clothes.
It's them who misunderstood me."
At this moment, several ladies and eunuchs in the pavilion also saw Xu Yingying.
He quickly came out and saluted.
"I have seen Concubine Xian. She is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old..."
Xu Yingying ignored them and only let the eunuch behind her help Cuiliu up.
Immediately, everyone entered the pavilion.
"Recently, the red plum blossoms in the Royal Garden have bloomed, and I think they are really beautiful.
Thinking of this beautiful scenery, it cannot be enjoyed by one person.
Then he begged the emperor and invited all the ladies to come into the palace and enjoy it together.
By the way, let's see if there's anyone I can chat with.
In the future, you can also enter the palace and be my companion.
Although the harem is now ownerless, the emperor trusts me.
Let me handle the trivial affairs of the harem on your behalf, and only wait for the queen's position to be settled before handing over this heavy responsibility.
How many younger sisters have already begun to worry about helping me solve my problems before I even enter the palace?
If I don’t come today, are you going to kill her on my behalf?”
Although Xu Yingying's tone was gentle, the warning in her words made these ladies shudder.
They all knelt down and quickly begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty, please calm down, we naturally don't dare to think like this.
I was just passing by and was bumped into by this palace maid.
This father-in-law said he would be punished, but we are not from the palace.
It's hard to come forward and say anything, so I can only wait here.
Please forgive me, I don’t dare to wait anymore..."
The eunuch beside him also panicked. He knelt on the ground and slapped himself several times with his bow left and right.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life, this servant is thinking, this palace maid doesn't know the rules.
He was afraid that she would offend the noble man, so he punished her harshly.
I know my mistake, please punish me..."
Looking at the people who had bullied her just now, they all knelt on the ground.
Cuiliu felt an indescribable joy in her heart.
He was extremely loyal to Xu Yingying and wished he could repay her on the spot.
"Slave, thank you for your grace.
If the empress does not dislike it, this slave's life will belong to the empress from now on..."
This was what Xu Yingying was waiting for. She raised her thin lips slightly and stretched out her hand to help the green willow.
"Get up! I see that you are also a smart person.
From now on, I will serve you by my side.
With me here, no one dares to bully you."
She didn't want to reveal Su Jinxiu's identity for the time being, lest Su Jinxiu become suspicious.