Although Hai Guiren's voice was not loud, the tail tone was slightly lowered, implying a threat.
The little palace maid kneeling on the snow frowned and said: "To answer your question, I really don't know why your neck is like this. I am only responsible for taking care of and delivering the empress's moisturizing balm. I obviously didn't do anything else."
However, how can a nobleman want his slave to admit it!"
After saying this, she fell silent again, as if she had become a speechless statue.
As the movement expanded, the lanterns in the main courtyard on the east side were lit one after another by the slaves, reflecting the thick and deep darkness of the night, forming a hazy phantom of alternating black and red.
In the shadow of the lamp, Qixi finally saw the little palace maid's face clearly.
"It's a mouse!" Qixi couldn't help but whisper.
Ji Ling glanced at her and asked: "Who is the mouse?".
"It was a person from Empress Maobin's courtyard. Last month, Jin Gui, the maid in the palace of Hai Guiren, fell ill suddenly. She had an attack at night and could not be saved. When she found out in the morning, her body was hard. Empress Maobin
So he gave her the maid Mouse, because she was thin and small, and her zodiac sign was rat. The handkerchief and the bag were embroidered with rat patterns, so the servants privately called her Mouse.
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Ji Ling thought for a while, frowned and said, "Since Jin Gui is gone, shouldn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs dispatch slaves to replace it?"
Qixi nodded: "Yes, it's just..." When she said this, she lowered her head.
Ji Ling was a little strange, looked at her and said: "Just what?".
Qixi came closer to Ji Ling and said in a low voice: "Chang Zai had been sick before, so I didn't know. I heard the eunuchs at the Empress Mao Bi's side talking about Jin Gui's good looks. Several times when the emperor came over, Jin Gui was always
I rush to show my face to serve, which is an eyesore to the nobleman, so...".
After all, it was night. When Qixi talked about this matter, she felt a little cold on her back. She said in a low voice: "Anyway, after Jin Gui's incident, Mr. Hai was reluctant to mention it more. The Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted to send someone to fill the vacancy, so...
Although she was declined by the nobleman, she still had a good heart, so she transferred slaves from Jingyang Palace to her."
outside the house.
Seeing that the mouse was still silent, Hai Guiren's eyes gradually turned from resentment to coldness. Finally, she let out a sigh. Although the sound was not loud, it was filled with coolness. She raised her hand slightly and stroked the hair beside her temples.
The filigree hairpin is flowing, and I lightly twitch my little finger a few times.
As if receiving a signal, the little eunuch dragging the mouse took action immediately.
He first walked behind the mouse, put his hand through her armpits, and lifted her up. Another tall eunuch had already brought a long stool. The two of them worked together to lift the mouse and throw it on the
on the bench.
The mouse was lying on the bench, her hair soaked in snow water and the blood at the corner of her mouth sticking to her face. She seemed to realize what was going to happen next, and finally showed a look of fear and despair on her face.
The tall little eunuch seemed to have some friendship with her. Although he had no choice but to do so, he still showed a look of sympathy on his face. Although a slave had already brought the board over, he hesitated for a moment and still did not take it immediately.
, just squatted down, got close to the mouse, and said in a very urgent voice: "Mouse, what are you doing?".
The mouse closed his eyes tightly, and finally a teardrop flowed from the corner of his eye, but he still had no words.
The tall eunuch stopped talking, quickly took out a handkerchief from his arms, stuffed it into the mouse's mouth, stood up, took the board, and silently waited for Hai Guiren's order.
Hai Guiren glanced at Yinju, the personal palace maid next to him. Yinju understood, stepped forward and said: "Hit!".
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the people around him changed.
It is already rare for a palace maid to be spanked. What's more, there is a difference between a palace maid being spanked and a eunuch being spanked.
When a eunuch is beaten, he can just lie down, and if the pain is unbearable, he can also beg for mercy, or thank his master for teaching him a lesson; but when a palace maid hits the board, she is not allowed to make a sound, and she has to take off her pants and directly
When spanking, you are not allowed to cry, scream, or make any painful sounds. To put it bluntly, even if you are beaten to death, you are not allowed to make a single sound to disturb the master's peace.
That's why the tall eunuch just stuffed a quick veil into the mouse's mouth.
The other eunuch groaned and tried to tear open the mouse's pants. The mouse groaned and finally shed tears. He moved his hands back to block the eunuch's hand, and then covered his clothes.
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The eunuch tore it apart several times without success. He couldn't help but get angry and yelled at the tall little eunuch: "Little Yoko, you are so stupid! Why don't you come and help?"
A tall eunuch named Xiao Yoko walked over slowly, turned away, and helped hold down the mouse's hand.
Seeing that his clothes were about to be torn off, Mouse gained strength from nowhere and suddenly rolled down from the stool. He tore off the handkerchief from his mouth with one hand, and finally walked to Guiren Hai on his knees, crying.
: "The slave has been wronged! Please understand clearly! The slave has been wronged!".
Hai Guiren looked at her condescendingly, and walked slowly in front of her on her flowerpot-soled shoes. Seeing that her ten fingers were as cold as carrots, with frostbite on them, and they had turned purple in the snow.
Slowly lift the flowerpot-soled shoe and crush it hard against the mouse's fingers.
Along with the sound of broken joints, the mouse let out a heart-rending scream. She screamed and tried to pull her fingers out, but Hai Guiren used a lot of strength.
Hai Guiren sneered: "I thought you were a gourd with a sawed mouth, but it turns out you know pain, tell me! What the hell is going on with that moisturizing balm!".
"It's so late at night, what's going on here, noble sister?" A gentle and soft female voice sounded. The voice was so gentle that it could instantly soothe people's hearts.
Hai Guiren gave a look on his face and let go of his flowerpot-soled shoes. The mouse quickly took his hand out, brought it to his mouth tremblingly, and kept blowing air.
Ji Ling looked around and saw that the main hall of Jingyang Palace had been lit with candles.
A woman about thirty years old stood there quietly. Although there were not many servants around her, there was only an aunt-like palace maid who hurriedly followed behind her to tie her cloak.
Ji Ling used the memories in the mind of the original owner and knew that this was Mao Bin, the empress in charge of Jingyang Palace.
The wind and snow had stopped long ago, and a cold moon hung above Jingyang Palace, silently overlooking everything happening in the courtyard of the palace.
I saw that Mao Bi was thin, her cheeks were tired, and her complexion was a little sallow, but her eyebrows were beautiful, and it could be seen that she must have been a beauty when she was young. But after all, time is not forgiving. Not only did her cheeks show a tendency to sink, but even when she smiled,
There are also light nasolabial folds around the mouth.
But she looked so sick and sick, and after saying these words, she clutched her chest and gasped. At this time, the servants around her finally caught up and helped her fasten her cloak.
When the mouse saw Empress Maobi coming, sparks flashed in her eyes as if she had seen a savior.
Yes, isn't that her old master?
Ji Ling thought she was going to ask Maobin for help, but who knew that the spark in the mouse's eyes was fleeting, but she silently lowered her head.