"Mo'er, go and invite Liu Changzai to come in." Ling Ruo ordered like this and sat down on the stone bench under the cherry blossom tree.
Mrs. Liu Shi Shiran followed Mo'er in, bowed and saluted, "I have seen Concubine Xi, your concubine Jin An."
"Get up, sit down." After saying this, Ling Ruo motioned to Mo'er and the other palace attendants to leave, leaving only Shuixiu beside her. Liu's side also brought only one palace attendant.
After Mrs. Liu sat down carefully, she smiled and said, "Why is Chang Liu so good at visiting me today?"
Mr. Liu lowered his head and smiled, his eyes curved into a beautiful shape because of the smile, "Your Majesty, are you saying this because I don't come to pay my respects to you often?"
Ling Ruo did not continue what she said, but looked at the palace servants behind her and said: "There are rules in the palace. When a palace maid reaches the age of twenty-five, she can leave the palace freely, unless she stays voluntarily and has a master as a guarantee.
.I think you are over thirty years old, so why haven't you left the palace?"
Before the palace maid could speak, Mrs. Liu had already said: "The queen has misunderstood. She was brought into the palace by my concubine, and she is also my nanny. Her name is Jin Gu."
"Jin Gu." Just as Ling Ruo recited it, the palace man knelt down and said with fear on his face: "I am a humble servant. How dare you call me this? My name is peach, so I call you Jin Tao."
"It doesn't matter, it's just a title, don't worry about it too much." After saying this, Ling Ruo shook the hexagonal palace fan in his hand and said with a half-smile: "When did the palace bring the slaves from the previous family into the palace?
How come you don’t know?”
Mrs. Liu's face turned red and she quickly knelt down to apologize, "It's all my fault. I was brought up by Jin Gu since she was a child. She has never left. When I entered the palace, I missed Jin Gu all the time. I couldn't eat or drink. Your Majesty knows that."
The Empress missed her as a concubine, so after checking Jin Gu’s background and confirming her innocence, she allowed her to enter the palace and asked the empress to forgive me.”
Ling Ruo put the palace fan on the stone table, helped Liu up and said, "Liu Changzai said something serious. Since the emperor agreed, why do you need my forgiveness? Besides, this is just a casual question.
Seeing Mrs. Liu standing up and looking at Aunt Jin, she waved her hands and said, "Okay, don't kneel down, otherwise you will make your master feel sorry for me and blame me."
Although her words were a joke, she still made Mrs. Liu a little embarrassed. After a while, she changed the subject by looking at the cherry blossom trees, "In the spring, I once passed by the queen's house and saw the flowers flying in the wind through the palace wall.
I really want to come in and take a look at the beautiful scenery, but I am afraid that it will disturb the peace of the queen and cause her to scold her."
"Is this palace so unkind? It's a pity that there are no more flowers now. If you want to see it again, you can only wait until next spring." Ling Ruoyingying smiled and said: "In the future, you can come over when you have time and chat with me.
It’s okay to chat, but oh, I’m so envious when I see you all young and young.”
When Madam Liu heard this, she said anxiously: "Your Majesty, please don't say that. My Majesty is so beautiful that she has conquered the country and conquered the city. Only my concubines should be envious of her."
Ling Ruo covered her lips with a fan and said through the thin fan: "Liu Changzai is really good at talking, but...Liu Changzai made a special trip here, isn't it just to say this?"
"My Majesty is not only extremely charming, but also extremely intelligent. To be honest, I am here to thank your Majesty for Imperial Physician Jin!" Even though Ling Ruo had already guessed, Mrs. Liu's last words still surprised her secretly.
But he said: "I don't understand what Liu Changzai means."
Mrs. Liu bit her lips and said, "Yesterday, the empress dropped her pearl earrings. When I picked them up for the empress, I found that the earrings were not broken, and the joints were all good. Logically speaking, such earrings
The clang will never fall off..."
"But I just lost it." She glanced lightly and said, "Is this what Liu Changzai wants to say?"
Mrs. Liu hesitated for a moment and then said: "Yes, that's why I boldly thought that the empress dropped it on purpose, in order to give Imperial Physician Jin a chance to seize the knife from Liu Yidao and commit suicide. To be honest with the empress, in fact,
I have always felt that there is something fishy about Dr. Jin harming the third elder brother, especially yesterday in Yikun Palace. If he really did something with a guilty conscience, he should be afraid. How could he be like Dr. Jin?"
"How is Doctor Jin?" Ling Ruo asked casually, with an indifferent expression on her face, it was hard to tell what she was thinking.
Looking at her, Ms. Liu seemed to have made a lot of determination and said word by word: "From the beginning to the end, Imperial Physician Jin always had a sense of resentment. Although I was young, I could tell that he had resentment in his heart; a
It is impossible for a person with a guilty conscience to have such deep resentment. Moreover, the hatred he showed towards Imperial Doctor Liu yesterday was quite real, so I selfishly believe that Third Elder Brother... was not harmed by Imperial Doctor Jin."
"But what does all this have to do with me? I am not familiar with Imperial Physician Jin." Ling Ruo said calmly.
Mrs. Liu was a little surprised. She didn't expect that even after she had spoken for so long, Ling Ruo still refused to admit it. She immediately said, "Do you think I have other agendas?"
"I have never thought of this." Ling Ruo smiled sweetly, holding a piece of green leaf falling from the top of her head with her fingertips, and said slowly: "Liu Changzai, please don't misunderstand me, I am true... I don't quite understand.
Please make it clear to Liu Changzai."
Mrs. Liu did not expect that Ling Ruo would be so cautious and difficult to deal with. Even though she had already talked about this, she still pretended to be confused. It seemed that she would not admit it if she told the truth. Thinking of this, Ms. Liu was deeply moved.
Eyebrow said: "Yes, I am brave enough to say that if there is anything wrong, please ask the empress for advice."
Jin Gu, who was standing behind her, moved her arm slightly, as if she was pulling Liu. However, this movement stopped after Liu glanced back at her. Ling Ruo saw all this but said nothing.
Just waiting for Mrs. Liu to speak.
"I remember that Liu Yidao was brought in by the empress, asking the emperor to bring him in. The reason why Imperial Doctor Jin was able to grab the knife and commit suicide was because the empress' earrings fell to the ground. In addition, when Imperial Physician Jin died, the empress showed intolerance.
The concubine dared to speculate that the empress must have known that Imperial Physician Jin was wrongly accused and wanted to help him escape from Lingchi's punishment. Although I only
She is a little constant, but she also knows that people in the deep palace are sinister. To be as kind-hearted as the empress is not to say that there is only one in a million, but it is almost the same." After that, she stood up and gave another big gift to Ling Ruo.
With a sincere expression, she said: "I admire your kindness very much, and even more admire your exquisite thinking. I hope I can have the opportunity to ask you for advice in the future."
Another meaning hidden in this sentence is attachment. She wants to be attached to Ling Ruo, and this is not a rare thing in the harem. Some new concubines, in order to gain a foothold in the harem,
, or climb up as quickly as possible, they will find ways to attach themselves to concubines with powerful positions; and those concubines, in order to consolidate their status and power in the palace, will also allow them to attach themselves to
But before she could lean down, a beautiful jade hand was already placed in front of her. She raised her head and met a pair of eyes that were as deep as bottom, "I don't know what Liu Chang wants to ask me. Is it what you said?"