The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(11)
Yao Niang was seen in the mansion more than once. The person in front of her called her Mrs. Yao respectfully and turned around and said she was a servant of a foxy girl.
She was angry, sad, but also disinterested.
Fortunately, she never has to face this again in her life. Yao Niang had thought about it before entering the house. The reason why she died in her previous life was just to be an eyesore to others. As long as she is not tricked by Cuizhu, she can safely be her nanny by the side of the little princess, and no longer has to interfere with the affairs of Prince Jin's backyard.
She doesn't have to do it for too long, it'll be done in a year or two. She only needs to save enough money to support Xiaobao and she will leave here.
Thinking like this, Yao Niang calmed down and accepted the scrutiny of the women above.
"Are you in good health? Do you have enough milk? Working as an errand in the house is different from others, and you are serving the young master, so you can't make any mistakes."
Several fast-talking young women hurriedly replied in a flurry. Mother Li frowned almost imperceptibly, but she didn't show any impatience. She just ignored them and asked a little girl next to her: "Is this a good person?" Invited?"
The little girl said crisply: "If you want to get back to mom, I'm here. I'm waiting outside."
Not long after, an old man over fifty years old walked in, followed by a boy carrying a medicine box.
"This is a doctor from our Royal Medical Clinic, here to take your pulse."
So he went to the doctor in turn and stretched out his wrist to let the doctor check his pulse. In fact, one person seemed to be diagnosed with a hidden disease and was taken away by his servants. When the little woman was taken away, she still cried out that she was wronged, saying that she had always been in good health and would never dare to lie to her.
Because of this, everyone was a little shocked. It's just choosing a nanny, why is it so complicated? But Yao Niang knew that the complications were yet to come.
Mother Li glanced at a few people and ordered: "Take them to the back to have a look."
"yes."
The women bowed their heads and responded, then led Yao Niang and others into the dark room.
This kind of experience had happened in her previous life. Because it was too unforgettable, Yao Niang remembered it very clearly.
That was the first time that she exposed her body in front of outsiders and had someone look at her, so she was so humiliated that she still remembered it very fresh.
The mother-in-law who was responsible for examining her was very careful. She not only checked for acne and the like, but even smelled her armpits. She also asked her to lie on a table covered with cloth and inspected the unspeakable place.
The mother-in-law was probably afraid that Yao Niang would be conflicted. While inspecting her, she said: "The little princess is the only daughter of the prince, and the granddaughter of the current emperor. She is a born dragon son and phoenix grandson. This is definitely different in Jinzhou than in Beijing. , you can only look for the nipple outside, but you have to be very careful in choosing the nipple. If the little princess makes any mistakes, she will lose her head..."
Yao Niang bit her lip, closed her eyes, and said nothing. I felt the other person weighing my breasts, and then heard the other person say: "You look like you have a lot of milk. Well, that's good. Come on down."
She hurriedly turned down the desk, lowered her head and put on her clothes.
After I went out, I saw that everyone had different faces, apparently experiencing the same thing.
While everyone was waiting for the next step, Mother Li did not speak, but went out. Several other women are still in the flower hall.
This didn't seem to be surprising, but Yao Niang couldn't help but pay attention.
Mother Li walked out the door and walked to the left.
If she left Heyun Pavilion, she should have gone straight outward. How did she get there?
Where is that place?
Yao Niang racked her brains and thought, and suddenly her heart tightened.
Oh, she remembered where that place was.
This Heyun Pavilion is a place where guests are usually entertained. Once, when the palace held a banquet to entertain officials from the fief, the princess also entertained the female relatives of the officials in the back house.
At that time, Yao Niang was already close to King Jin, and she could not come to such a place because of her status. But that day when she was admiring flowers in the garden, she took a sidetrack and came to the vicinity of Heyun Pavilion.
This Heyun Pavilion occupies a large area, facing the water on one side and the flower house on the other side. At that time, she was just greedy for the peonies that were blooming perfectly, so she went astray. While looking at the flowers, she suddenly heard a voice, and she couldn't help but look for it. It happened that she was standing in a position where she could see the scene in Heyun Pavilion from the outside.
She tried hard to think about the place she saw first, but it was not this flower hall.
Look at the gilded three-legged incense burner in the corner. Because it was so conspicuous, she saw it the first time she looked inside. At that time, there were only a few richly dressed ladies sitting in the flower hall. Yao Niang was always timid, and she left in a hurry for fear of being found out and misunderstood what she wanted to peek at.
But because the impression was so deep, it remained fresh in her mind.
Yao Niang subconsciously looked at an inconspicuous flower window on the side. The flower window was all red in color, with various beautiful patterns hollowed out on it, and there were large green branches and leaves behind it. At first glance, there seems to be nothing unusual, but if you look closely, you can see that the lush branches and leaves seem to be faintly trembling.
There is someone behind.
who is it? Who is there watching?
Yao Niang didn't dare to look anymore and turned her head as if nothing had happened, but she was still staring at that spot.
The lush branches and leaves suddenly trembled a few times, and there was only time to see a piece of clothes with complicated patterns passing by, but there was no other movement.
But in Yao Niang's eyes, it felt like she had been struck by lightning.
Chapter 9
Yao Niang had only seen such fabric and such familiar patterns on Princess Jin.
Princess Jin preferred morning glory and liked to use morning glory flowers on her clothes and jewelry. Yao Niang was born in a low-class family, and she was curious after seeing it so many times. She couldn't help but say something in private, but was ridiculed by her personal maid Die'er.
Die'er said, it's not called morning glory, it's called morning glory flower, don't say it in the future, lest you say it out and make people laugh, maybe it will anger the princess.
Since then, Yao Niang dared not say more, but she remembered this thing firmly.
But why did the princess stand there and look inside? As the mistress of a mansion, she can go anywhere in the whole mansion, there is really no need to hide her head and tail.
Then there is only one possibility, the princess doesn't want the people inside to know that she has been here.
But why?
Yao Niang suddenly remembered what Concubine Hu said to her in anger after she was favored in her previous life.
The other party said that she was a fool, and she was willing to flatter the princess. Did she know that she was now like this thanks to someone, and she would definitely die in the hands of Princess Jin in the future.
At that time, she did not take it to heart, because she felt that the other party was just deliberately provoking discord out of hatred. At the beginning, she was tortured by Concubine Hu and was in great pain, so she had the idea of crawling out of bed to get rid of it all. After the incident, an urgent report came from the border town that the King of Jin went directly to the border town and did not settle her at all, but she was still under the clutches of Concubine Hu.
Just when Concubine Hu wanted to use lynching on her out of jealousy and hatred, it was the princess who sent someone to rescue her and gave her a legitimate identity, instead of being the girl who crawled into bed whenever she was mentioned.
Because of all this, Yao Niang has always been grateful to Concubine Jin. Even after knowing that Concubine Jin was using her to compete with Concubine Hu, she did not have the heart to rebel. She always remembered that when she was most isolated and helpless, it was the Princess of Jin who helped her and gave her face and honor in the mansion to let her stand up.
And the man who should have given her all this was actually a bastard who only cared about sleeping and not doing anything afterward. This was the thought that had been buried in Yao Niang's heart in her previous life.
At this moment, every nerve of Yao Niang was telling herself that things didn't seem so simple.
She remembered the abnormality of Mother Liu when she was in Linyun County, the way Cuizhu looked at her, the corner of her clothes that just flashed by, her various experiences in her previous life, and the words that Concubine Hu said...
Suddenly, there was a cognition that made her feel like she was falling into an ice cave. Maybe her path was arranged by someone from the beginning, and no matter how she walked, she could not escape the control of the other party.
So everything was explained, why Mother Liu was so attentive, why Cuizhu hated her so much, why after she went to Liuchunguan, she did nothing, but the people around Concubine Hu always made things difficult for her. Why did the princess show so much pity for her, but after she was sent back to Liuchun Hall, she still stuffed her into Hu Concubine's side as a servant. If she really pitied her, she could have kept her by her side...
Yao Niang thought of the hawk--
The King of Jin had a Saker Falcon, a very beautiful but ferocious bird, which never let outsiders get close to it, but was very docile and obedient to the King of Jin.
Once she saw it, she couldn't help but ask him out of curiosity. That was the first time he said so many words to her, although only a few sentences, but Yao Niang still remembered it clearly.
In fact, this description is not appropriate, but the meaning is almost the same. They all use various means to polish the other party's will, to destroy and oppress, until the other party has no way to go, until the other party loses his will, and everything is done according to the master's will.
Yao Niang felt cold all over, and suddenly found that her world was completely overturned.
And everything that happened next was just like in the previous life.
Yao Niang and Cui Zhu were chosen, and the rest of the people were rewarded with five taels of silver each and led away from the palace.
Mother Li took Yao Niang and the others to Siyi Courtyard. Princess Jin did not say much, but asked them to serve the little princess attentively, and then had them led away.
After the two went down, Princess Jin praised Mother Li, saying that she had a good eye. Princess Jin was cold by nature, and being able to say such words meant that she was very satisfied with the job.
And this satisfaction should naturally be on Yao Niang.
Even though Princess Jin was well-informed, it was the first time she had seen such a wonderful person. She thought again and again, and could only use the word "wonderful" to describe it. Other words were either not very appropriate or too indecent.
"Thank you for the praise, Princess. It was also the person that Liu Po found by chance. It can be regarded as a blessing for Liu Po to be able to satisfy the princess."