Cai Ling suppressed the wild beating in her heart, lowered her head and said, "If you go back to the emperor, my name is Cai Ling."
"Cai Ling..." Hongli repeated it several times, nodded and said: "The name is quite nice, and it matches you well. I have never seen you in the Pure Concubine Palace before, but are you new here?"
"Yes, I have just been lucky enough to serve my master recently. I didn't expect to be able to see the holy face so soon. I am really lucky for several lifetimes." Cai Ling's voice was different from Su's delicate and soft voice. It was crisp and clear, as if being blown by the wind.
The sound of the silver bell is pleasant to the ear.
Su's eyes flickered and she said to Cai Ling: "You have nothing to do here, go down."
Cai Ling naturally didn't want to, but after Mrs. Su spoke, she could only follow her words: "Yes, I will leave."
Before leaving, she quickly raised her head and glanced at Hongli, with a hint of shyness in her expression. Hongli looked at her leaving back and chuckled: "This palace maid has beautiful features and beautiful eyes, and her skin is as white as snow, and she speaks well."
Decent, no worse than the Yinger next to you."
Su concealed the anger in her heart and said with a chuckle: "Cai Ling is indeed very good. I also intend to promote her and let her work by my side like Ying'er. However, she has only been in Yikun Palace for a short time.
There is much to learn.”
Hongli nodded and said: "I think she looks quite smart, she should be able to learn it soon."
Su didn't want to mention Cai Ling anymore, so she changed the subject and said, "Yong Zhang has recently learned to call Huang Ama. How about I go and bring him here?"
Hongli was very happy when he heard this and said: "Yongzhang is less than one and a half years old, how can he be called Huang Ama so soon?"
Su Shi said coquettishly: "Yes, E Niang doesn't know how to scream. She knows how to call Huang Ama first. Fortunately, my concubine hugs him and coaxes him every day. He only remembers the emperor as Huang Ama in his heart."
"Haha, this kid is quite interesting." Hongli laughed a few times, took Su's hand and said, "I went there with you. I haven't seen him for a while. I wonder if he has grown taller again."
Yongzhang was just over a year old and was at his most naive. In addition, he always said "Huang Ama", which made Hongli very happy. He played with Yongzhang for a long time before leaving.
As soon as Hongli left, Mrs. Su wiped away the smile on her face, handed Yongzhang to the wet nurse, and then said: "Tang Jiu, ask Cai Ling to come to the main hall to see me."
"Master, what happened?" As soon as Tang Jiu finished speaking, Su's unkind gaze turned sideways, "Why is it your turn to ask me something?"
"I don't dare!" Tang Jiu said as he retreated. After a while, he brought Cai Ling to the main hall. Seeing that Su was not there, Cai Ling asked in a low voice: "Cousin, you said the master called me here.
do what?"
"I don't know, but I see that the master is not in a good mood. You should be careful when you reply later, otherwise you will offend the master and I can't protect you."
"Well, I understand." As soon as Cai Ling said this, Mrs. Su walked in holding Ying'er's hand. Cai Ling quickly curtsied and saluted, "My slave, please give my regards to the master. May the master be blessed."
Su walked up to Cai Ling and said gently: "Get up."
"Thank you, Master." As soon as Cai Ling stood up straight, she felt a slight chill on her cheeks. Su gently stroked her cheek and said, "Just now in front of me, the emperor praised you for your beautiful features and your skin as white as snow. It's really true."
That's right at all, look at your face, it's as tender as if you could pinch water out of it, I really envy you."
Cai Ling's cheeks were slightly red and she lowered her head and said, "I'm just kidding. Your Majesty is so graceful and beautiful. I don't know how much I envy you."
Mrs. Su clicked her tongue and said, "Listen to this voice. It's ethereal and graceful. It's so nice to hear."
Facing Su's praise, Cai Ling was filled with joy, but she said on her face: "If you say this again, I will be really embarrassed."
While stroking her cheek, Mrs. Su said coldly: "Are you still sorry? I thought you didn't know these four words at all?"
Faced with Su's suddenly cold voice, Cai Ling was startled and said in astonishment: "What do you mean by this?"
"Cai Ling, do you really think that I don't know your dirty thoughts? You want to attract the emperor's attention, do you want to fly up a branch and become a phoenix?"
Cai Ling was so frightened by her sudden change of expression that she froze for a long time before hurriedly waving her hands and saying, "No, I have never thought of it that way!"
"No?" Su Shi sneered, pulled Cai Ling's sleeves, and said: "If not, why did you embroider the emperor's favorite clivia on the collar sleeves, and why did you wear such a string of pearl bracelets.
Cai Ling hurriedly denied, "I just think Clivia is pretty, so I embroidered it on my clothes. There is no other meaning. As for the bracelet, this is..." She quickly rolled her eyes and said, "This is something my mother gave me.
, I miss my mother, so I wear it on my wrist."
Su grabbed her chin, forced her to look at him, and said in a sinister voice: "Cai Ling, I think you have helped me, and A Luo and Tang Jiu both interceded for you, so I made an exception.
I transferred you to Yikun Palace, but I really didn’t expect that you would still have such charming thoughts.”
Cai Ling's jaw ached from being clamped by her, and she said eagerly: "I really don't have you. I only want to serve my master and have no other thoughts."
Su slowly let go of her hand, and just when Cai Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she received a heavy slap on her left cheek. The force was so strong that her ears buzzed, "If this was true, you wouldn't have been here just now."
Cai Ling, I am not blind in my eyes and my brain is not confused. I am a human being and a ghost. You cannot deceive me."
Cai Ling endured the pain on her cheeks, knelt down and said, "I'm really unjust. I'm loyal to my master and I have no second thoughts. Please tell me."
Su Shi sneered and said nothing, but Ying'er said with disdain: "Don't pretend to be aggrieved in front of the master. From the time you tried every means to come to Yikun Palace, I felt that something was wrong with you.
It turned out to be this idea." said
At this point, she bent over and pointed Cai Ling's forehead with her index finger and said contemptuously: "Cai Ling, you are so capable. You actually want to get the emperor's favor. You don't even care about your appearance or identity. You want to fly up a branch and become a phoenix.
It’s just a dream!”
Cai Ling was angry in her heart, but in front of the Su family, she did not dare to show it anyway. She could only say: "Sister Ying'er misunderstood, I really didn't, I haven't done anything, why don't you and the master do anything?"
Believe me." Seeing that both Su and Ying'er didn't speak, she turned her gaze to Tang Jiu and said sadly: "Cousin, help me tell the master, I really didn't mean anything."
Tang Jiu couldn't bear it and whispered: "Master, maybe this is really a misunderstanding. Please spare her this time. I promise that Cai Ling will never do it again in the future."
Su ignored him and stared at Cai Ling who was about to cry for a long time. She suddenly walked over and pulled Cai Ling up from the ground. She lowered her head in panic, not knowing what Su meant.