She was never beaten or scolded casually. Sometimes, when the palace ladies were punished for their mistakes, they would even take the initiative to pardon her. Zhaoyang Palace became the place where the slaves in the harem most wanted to work.
"Thank you for your hard work. Heng'er hasn't been eating well these days. I think it's because of the change of seasons. Pay more attention," Qin Wan'er warned, a bit like a mother-in-law.
"My slave knows." Qian Xia was slightly blessed and saw a dark shadow flashing past her quickly. After a closer look, it turned out to be Xiao Luzi, the new eunuch who came to serve Murong Shun.
Ever since the great eunuch Cao An was executed because of Qin Wan'er's incident, the emperor has always had a lovable person to take care of him. The new little eunuch didn't even understand Murong Shun's temper. If something happened, he would always ask Qin Wan'er for advice.
"Mother, something big has happened," Xiaoluzi said angrily, he was running too fast and couldn't recover for a while.
"Speak carefully, how can you be so unruly when you reply to your Majesty?" Qian Xia scolded with a smile.
Xiaoluzi took a breath and said:
"The emperor was not in a good mood when he got up early today. Xiao Anzi, who was serving and grooming, got wet and tampered with the emperor's clothes. He was dragged out and killed with a cane. Your Majesty, go and save him. Xiao Anzi is not in good health today and should not be on duty.
It was all the slaves who made the decision without permission, which is why Xiao Anzi made the emperor angry."
Qin Wan'er frowned. What she couldn't see the most after coming to this ancient time was that she could control the life and death of others at will. And when she heard that Murong Shun was in a bad mood, she became even more anxious, "Let's go to Taiqian Palace."
The waiting maids hurriedly served Qin Waner to the Taiqian Palace. Qin Waner, who was sitting on the phoenix chariot, heard the screams of the little eunuch being punished from a distance across the Taiqian Palace.
Qin Wan'er felt the pain of the stick hitting her body. Seeing the little eunuch dying under the stick, Qin Wan'er quickly called out, "Stop for now, wait until I go to plead for mercy, and then we will deal with it."
The little eunuch who was executing the execution naturally understood the weight of Qin Wan'er's words and stopped, waiting for instructions.
Qin Wan'er waved to the people behind her to stay outside. She walked into the hall alone, but she saw Murong Shun squatting on the ground in pain, with his hair scattered behind his back, as if he was suffering from pain.
"Didn't I say that the beating to death is over? Why did you stop?" Murong Shun scolded, but when he turned around, he saw Qin Wan'er standing in front of the hall. He was shocked and said softly, "Why are you here?"
Qin Wan'er didn't say much. She looked at the memorial tablet in Murong Shun's arms, which had the words "Queen Xiaoxian's memorial tablet" written on it. She knew that Murong Shun was missing his biological mother.
That panicked look in his eyes was completely different from his usually calm self.
Qin Wan'er couldn't help but think of all the rumors in the palace about the death of Queen Xiaoxian, and also recalled Murong Shun's strange nightmare that night. She knew that this scar would remain in Murong Shun's heart for a long time and would be difficult to heal.
"Your Majesty," Qin Waner helped Murong Shun up, her tone softened slightly, and she said, "What happened, can you tell me?"
Murong Shun nestled in Qin Wan'er's arms in pain, choking slightly, and after a long time he said: "Today is the mother's memorial day. It has been more than ten years. Every time today, I think of the desperate look in my mother's eyes before she died.
I always feel an inexplicable fear.”
Qin Wan'er listened quietly to Murong Shun's words