Ji Ling looked back at Rouge, knelt down and kowtowed to the queen respectfully, then raised her head and said, "I am daring, please give Rouge a lighter punishment."
Rouge was already on the verge of collapse. When she heard these words, she suddenly raised her head from the hands of the two little eunuchs, a glimmer of hope igniting in her eyes.
I heard Ji Ling softly say to the queen: "Rouge bumped into the queen, which was really disrespectful. I should not have interceded for her, but Rouge is a little maid, I am afraid that if these twenty sticks go down,
It would probably take her life and dirty the palace gate of Kunning Palace."
She paused, sighed and said: "It's just... this slave has served me for a time after all. I know the queen's kindness, so I am bold and ask the queen to bypass Yanzhi and save her life! Drive her away."
Just leave the palace."
Rouge raised her head and looked at the queen expectantly.
The queen lowered her eyes slightly, as if thinking for a moment, then raised her eyes, nodded kindly and said: "Since Mr. Ji has such a kind heart and pleads for this slave personally, I have no choice but to agree, so I will agree!".
The two little eunuchs heard this, looked at each other, and silently released their hands holding Rouge.
Yanzhi sat paralyzed on the ground, knowing that he had just lost his life. He rolled around in the door of hell and then rolled back again. His back was covered with sweat.
…
After walking out of the palace gate, the sunshine outside Kunning Palace was just right, and it was warm on the back. Qixi supported Ji Ling and walked for a while. Both the master and the servant were speechless. Finally, they arrived at the corner of the palace wall, and Ji Ling stopped.
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Qixi saw that she was already some distance away from Kunning Palace, so she dared to let go of her voice and said with a bitter face: "Master, I finally caught this Rouge! Why did you let her go?".
Ji Ling glanced at Qixi and said, "Who said I let her go? It was obviously the Queen who wanted to let her go."
Qixi asked in confusion: "Queen?"
Ji Ling stretched out a finger and poked Yanzhi's forehead, saying: "You haven't understood yet? The Sixth Palace all praised the empress for her kindness. Naturally, she didn't want to ruin the praise. If she smelled fishy, she would kill someone with a cane.
If the news spreads about the palace maid, it will damage her reputation. If it spreads to the ears of the emperor, it will not be very good."
Qixi nodded, and then asked in confusion: "Then why did the Queen have people pull her out in the first place and give her twenty punishments?"
Ji Ling took over her words and said: "This is the openness and transparency of the Queen's heart! From the moment we stepped into Kunning Palace, she could see where Rouge was coming from, and she also knew that I couldn't drive him away for a while.
So I brought Rouge and asked her to help deal with it."
She swallowed and continued: "That's why the Queen found an excuse to help me deal with Yanzhi! You know, even if Yanzhi didn't eat fish this morning, the Queen could still find other mistakes in her.
If a queen in the middle palace really wanted to deal with a slave, wouldn't it be as simple as squeezing an ant to death?
Ji Ling pulled Qixi and said, "Don't just stand here, let's talk as we walk."
The two started walking, and Ji Ling whispered: "Although the Empress wanted to punish Rouge with twenty sticks, in fact, she guessed that I would beg for mercy and let Yan Zhi live! In this way, I protected the Empress
The reputation of benevolence is equivalent to giving me a favor."
Ji Ling looked up at the red wall and the clear blue sky. He saw a kite floating in the sky. The kite looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Ji Ling continued softly: "Qixi, think about it carefully, how could Yanzhi, a little palace maid, go back and forth between Jingyang Palace and Yikun Palace so many times, but was not noticed by Xiao Yangzi until recently? Gong Zhi Gong
The rules are so strict, why did she go out and walk so far alone in the middle of the night, and yet it went so smoothly? She was never bumped into by the patrolling people once?"
Qixi suddenly understood and said: "Master, you mean that Yi Kun Palace has such ability and has already taken care of everything on the road!".
Ji Ling looked at Qixi, nodded, and said: "That's why I have always told you not to think about taking advantage of the situation and turning an army against you. That is impossible, at least it is impossible now. We have to weigh our own weight clearly!
For example, today in Kunning Palace, Concubine Ning was speechless after I argued with her. Do you think she was really overwhelmed by me, so she was speechless? No! Concubine Ning just saw the Queen Empress supporting me, so she didn't
You just dare to force yourself on me."
Ji Ling took a breath and said: "Although Rouge is hateful, I never thought about taking her life. Now that I can be kicked out of the palace, it is not a bad thing for her."
Qixi nodded repeatedly and said: "From now on, this slave will listen to the master and never make his own decisions again!".
Ji Ling patted the back of her hand and saw a petal falling on her temples, so he took it off for her and said: "It's not that you are not allowed to make up your mind, but if you have any ideas, tell me and we can discuss it.
!".
Qixi nodded, Ji Ling pinched her cheek and said, "Go back."
Looking up, Qixi found that while the master and servant were talking, they had unknowingly walked to the rockery in the imperial garden.
I saw a young woman wearing a gray flag uniform sitting under the rockery. Her face was slightly dirty and swollen, and her hair was messy and combed with the simplest prefix.
Next to her stood a little palace maid, holding a kite in her hand, which was exactly the kite Ji Ling saw when she raised her head.
The young woman looked sideways at Ji Ling, recognized her for a while, stood up, patted the dirt on her body, laughed "hehe" and said: "Ji Changzai, hello!".
Ji Ling smiled gently at her and said softly: "Greetings to Noble Hai, who is blessed with good luck."
With an expression of joy on his face, Haishi turned to the little palace maid and spat: "Did you see it? I said that I am a noble person, but you slaves insist on saying that this noble person is a promise! Do you hear it now, Ji Chang?
They’re calling me ‘Hai Guiren’!”
Ji Ling turned around and said silently to Qixi: "We have found the way. Let's go back to Jingyang Palace for lunch."
Jingyang Palace.
Qixi supported Ji Ling and just stepped down the stone steps of the Jingyang Palace gate. Before entering the east courtyard, she almost couldn't get in!
I saw Xiao Fenzi, Xiao Dazi and a few unfamiliar little eunuchs walking back and forth at the entrance of the courtyard with a cheerful smile, carrying things. There was also a very young but very experienced little eunuch standing aside to give instructions in an orderly manner.
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Ji Ling recognized at a glance that it was Xiao Chenzi, the apprentice of Su Peisheng, the imperial minister. When she had just moved to the east courtyard, Xiao Chenzi once ran to bring him newly made clothes. At that time, she
He also sealed a red envelope from the boss to Xiao Chenzi.