"Returning to the empress, the slave's father attended a private school for several years, but he never got any honors. The family was getting poorer and poorer, and could not support a large family. So in desperation, he sent the slave to a private school.
Palace, in the blink of an eye it has been more than twenty years."
Ling Ruo opened the lid of the cup, used his armor to stir up the foam floating on it, and said in a cold voice: "You can be a steward in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but you are far better than an ordinary eunuch."
Zhong Shang was not sure what Ling Ruo's purpose was, so he said with a smile: "What the empress said is that the slave is only able to be where he is today because of the favor of several masters, slave..."
Ling Ruo raised her hand to interrupt him and said, "Okay, I'm not interested in listening to your nonsense. I'm here to ask you something."
Zhong Shang said quickly: "Excuse me, my Majesty. I will definitely tell you everything I know."
"Okay." Ling Ruo looked at him deeply and said, "Since a few months ago, Sixth Brother has been making tea for Concubine Jin before going to bed. Not to mention the Lushan Yunwu tea, he actually got it from Guanshi Zhong.
Here we come. I know that not many Lushan Yunwu Tea tributes have been made this year, and they have all been distributed long ago. Why does Mr. Zhong have it, and where did it come from?"
Zhong Shang's heart skipped a beat and his face turned slightly pale, but he quickly calmed down, "Originally, the empress was asking about this matter. Yes, I once met Brother Six by chance. He said that Concubine Jin treated him very well. I want to
A little filial, but yet
Not knowing what to do, the servant saw that the sixth elder brother was so filial, so he gave the sixth elder brother the Lushan Yunwu Tea that he had always treasured, and asked him to make tea for Concubine Jin to drink. Although it was not an act of great filial piety, it was
It can be regarded as a sign of filial piety.”
Dai Jiashi interrupted: "You are just a steward, how can you have such a tribute as Lushan Yunwu Tea? Are you talking nonsense?"
Hearing this, Zhong Shang quickly cried out for himself, "Your Majesty, I have learned from you. How dare I talk nonsense in front of the two empresses? Every word I said is true. I have been working in the palace for more than 20 years, even though I have a low status."
, but I have been rewarded by many masters, and I also have some tea leaves, but I am reluctant to drink them, so I have always kept them. In addition to Lushan Yunwu Tea, there are also some other tea leaves."
Ling Ruo kept staring at his eyes, and found that his eyes were flickering, which was obviously untrue, and said coldly: "Then you can tell me which master gave this Lushan Yunwu Tea, and he is so generous.
That’s how much I rewarded you.”
This tea was naturally given by Nala, but Zhong Shang would never dare to say this. He pretended to think for a while and said: "I remember, when the late emperor was still alive, there was a good harvest of Yunwu tea in Mount Lu one year, and a lot of tribute was paid.
palace
All the ladies in there got a lot. One time, the servant did some things for the concubine Jing. Seeing that the servant was working hard, the queen rewarded the servant with the tea. Now, it has been almost ten years.
Already."
The concubine Jing in Zhong Shang's mouth was Shi Qiuci who secretly framed Ling Ruo and caused her to be demoted to Princess Yong's Mansion. She died when Yinzhen first ascended the throne, so Zhong Shang's words are basically
Death without evidence.
Ling Ruo sneered and said: "I have been collecting it for ten years and was reluctant to drink it, but I gave it all to Brother Six. Are you really generous?"
Zhong Shangqian smiled and said: "I also want to help the sixth elder brother. In addition, if I say something that I am not afraid of the imperial concubine's displeasure, being able to please the sixth elder brother is also my blessing. Don't you think so?"
"Your Majesty," Dai Jia reminded softly from the side: "I feel that what Zhong Shang said is not quite true, and Concubine Jing is no longer here, so it is impossible to interrogate whether his words are true or false."
Ling Ruo nodded calmly, "Zhong Shang, is there any tea left?"
"No more, all the slaves have been given to Brother Six." At this point, Zhong Shang rolled his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Mother, what happened?"
Ling Ruoliu frowned slightly. Although she suspected that there was something wrong with the tea leaves that Zhong Shang handed to Hong Zhan, she was still just guessing and it was not appropriate to say it at the moment.
"It's not a big deal. It's just that a lot of things happened in Xianfu Palace in the past two days. I also heard that Brother Six got a lot of Lushan Yunwu Tea from you. I was curious and came over to ask. After all, this kind of tribute tea is not
That's right, especially if you're a slave. But since it was Princess Jing who rewarded it before, that's another matter. Okay, there's nothing else to do, just continue to do your thing."
After saying that, she turned around and left, which surprised Dai Jia next to her. Didn't she just say not to trust Zhong Shang easily? Why did she leave in the blink of an eye? Is it just like that? But now is not the time to ask these questions. I can only
Follow him quickly.
After the group of people left, Qian Moduo looked a little weird and said: "Why don't we know that Concubine Jing has rewarded you with such good tea, and rewarded you with so much in one reward?"
Zhong Shang casually said: "It was ten years ago. I had not come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs at that time. Of course you don't know. Besides, I have never drank the tea since I got it. There is no one else except myself."
I know personally.”
Qian Moduo just asked casually and didn't take it too seriously. Dai Jia's heart was like a cat scratching her, and she was very worried. After she got out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she quickly asked: "Empress,
Why did you..."
"Shh!" Ling Ruo made a silent gesture. After taking a look around to make sure there was no one around, she said to Yang Hai: "Stay here. If the person named Zhong comes out, follow him immediately and see where he goes. Be careful.
, don’t be discovered.”
Yang Hai nodded silently, and when Ling Ruo left again, he did not follow him, but found a hidden place to hide.
Dai Jia was puzzled by this series of inexplicable things, "My Lady, what are you trying to do?"
Ling Ruo sighed quietly and turned around and said: "I know that what Zhong Shang said may not be the truth, but since he dares to lie in front of me, he has the confidence that the lie will not be exposed. No matter how I continue to ask, it will be true."
it's useless."
Dai Jia didn't expect this, but she still had doubts in her mind, "Even so, we shouldn't let him go so easily. Maybe he knows something, and what do you think, I feel that there is something wrong with the Lushan Yunwu Tea?"
.”
"Even if the man named Zhong really has something to hide from me, given his status, he can only be a chess piece in the hands of others, and cannot be the main messenger. Now that I have asked him such a question, he
You should be able to see that I am suspicious of him. If the concubine is Zhong Shang, what will she do?"
"This..." Mrs. Dai Jia thought carefully for a while, then revealed a hint of surprise, "I understand, my concubine has left Yang Hai behind to wait for Zhong Shang to take the initiative to take us to find his master."