In fact, not only Qu Linglong didn't believe it, but others didn't either.
I always felt that Xue Hengzhao was being mysterious.
"Although I haven't been in the capital all year round, I still know a little bit about some things." Xue Hengzhao moved lightly, with an indescribable charm. "If I remember correctly, about five years ago, the lady of your house passed away..."
"Shut up! Why are you mentioning my grandmother?!" Qu Linglong interrupted Xue Hengzhao sharply and asked.
Xue Heng didn't even look at her, as if he had just been interrupted by a barking dog, and continued, "The Queen Mother passed away nearly three years ago. Is this true?"
"I can prove," Lin Fufei said hurriedly, "that it is true."
"That's it," Xue Hengzhao took two more steps forward and came to Qu Linglong, "I wonder if you were crying at that time?"
"I..." Qu Linglong was speechless for a moment.
"If you don't cry when you are born, the midwife will throw you away as a stillborn child. Not crying in national mourning would be unfaithful, and not crying in family filial piety would be unfilial."
As she spoke, her weak willow-like body leaned forward slightly, and after speaking, she breathed cold air narrowly on Qu Linglong's neck.
Qu Linglong suddenly shrank her neck, took two steps back, and looked at her as if she had seen a ghost.
She was already frightened, and if someone added fuel to the fire, she might really die.
Many of those implicated in the Prince Abolition case were accused of unfounded crimes, far-fetched facts, and confusing right and wrong.
Even though she is willful, she also knows how to be afraid.
There was no more quarreling, and the room became extremely quiet.
Xue Hengzhao returned to his place to sleep.
"Thank you!" Lin Fufei said softly next to her.
Xue Hengzhao closed her eyes and said nothing. She didn't mean to stand up for Lin Fufei, she just didn't like anyone.
It was getting dark, some people were still sleeping, but others were already awake.
Among them, Jin Yu'e and Qin Meijun got married, and they had been talking together before.
At this moment, he quietly got out of bed and went out holding hands.
Not long after they went out, a few more people also went out.
"They must have gone to give gifts to General Qian. The aunt told him before that he wanted two people to copy scriptures. That is the Tong'an Palace of Concubine Rong. Naturally, someone wanted to go there," Lin Fu Fei said quietly, "That Jin Yu'e was born in an imperial businessman and is very shrewd."
No matter which palace that aunt is from, for people like them, being able to go there is much better than being in the Fourth Division and Eighth Bureau.
Everyone knows that working in the palace is the hardest and most difficult place to get ahead.
After a while, the people who had gone out came back one after another.
Everyone else looked a little ashamed, but Jin Yu'e was the only one who talked and laughed calmly.
People in the palace usually don't eat after lunch during the winter half season, so they only had that one meal today.
As soon as it got dark, the palace maid came over and said, "Mother Guo said that you should go to bed early today. Tomorrow, you will learn the rules at the fourth watch, and you will go to work at the fifth watch."
Everyone had to sleep.
But it was so cold in the room that I was woken up by the cold even in the middle of the night, and there were constant coughs in the room.
Because the deposed prince was implicated in rebellion, each family was imprisoned after being convicted.
The past two months have been filled with hunger and cold, and some have long since become sick.
In the twilight moment, two elderly palace maids came in from outside, each holding a three-foot-long ruler in their hands.
He slapped and slapped randomly, shouting: "Get up quickly, stand outside and behave yourself!"
Everyone had to get up, and a few who were slower were beaten.
Early in the morning was the coldest time of the day, and everyone was so cold that their upper and lower teeth chattered together.
Aunt Guo was an old woman in the palace, her hair turned gray. Even though the palace stewards had changed several times, her position remained unchanged.
She is best at teaching palace maids, and it is also her rule to get up at the fourth watch.
In the past, it was an hour before breakfast or an hour after lunch.
Aunt Guo has strict rules and severe punishments. If she makes the slightest mistake, she will be beaten. Most people have been beaten.
Among them, only Xue Hengzhao, Jin Yu'e and Chi Su learned the best and have never been beaten.
When the day was about to end, Grandma Guo called the three of them by name and said, "Come forward."
The three of them walked to Aunt Guo and stood with their hands down.
Grandma Guo is an extremely strict person. From the first time everyone met her, no one has ever seen her smile.
Lin Fufei and others were beaten so much that they had nightmares about her.
Every time I woke up with a fright, I was covered in cold sweat.
"You three have never been beaten, have you?" Aunt Guo's voice scratched everyone's ears like pig iron.
"Yes." The three replied.
"Stretch out your hands and give each person three ring rulers." Grandma Guo said.
"Why..." Chi Su wanted to ask why, but swallowed the words after meeting Grandma Guo's eyes.
Jin Yu'e instinctively put her hands behind her back, but then put them down.
Grandma Guo said she wanted to fight, but she couldn't hide.
Only Xue Hengzhao dealt with it calmly from beginning to end.
The maid next to Aunt Guo came over and beat each of them three times.
"Do you know why I beat you?" Aunt Guo snorted coldly, and continued without waiting for their answer: "I want to kill your arrogance. Don't think that you are superior to others because you are smart.
The most important thing when working in this palace is to be loyal and keep one's duty. A low-class palace maid does not need to be very smart in the first place. "
After the three people were beaten, they still wanted to thank Aunt Guo.
Then Grandma Guo told everyone to disperse.
Everyone walked out, and the maid next to Grandma Guo chased them out and said, "The three people who were beaten just now, stop."
Xue Hengzhao, Jin Yu'e and Chi Su had no choice but to stand still.
"Mommy has something to ask you. Go in one by one." The palace maid said.
Grandma Guo was still sitting on the chair, holding a tea bowl in her hand, but she didn't drink.
Just gently smelling the faint fragrance of tea, the dense tea smoke made her face a little blurry, and her originally sharp eyes seemed to soften a bit.
The first person to come in was Chi Su. She was tall and had thin eyebrows and eyes. Although she was only of average appearance, she had a calm demeanor.
She was born as a general and has a heroic spirit.
"I hit you today, can you blame me?" asked Grandma Guo.
"It's not strange." Chi Su said.
"Are you not surprised, or are you afraid to blame?" Aunt Guo looked at her and said, "Don't tell lies in front of me."
"I don't dare blame you." Chi Su replied, "The power of reward and punishment is in the hands of grandma. I should accept my fate."
After hearing what she said, Grandma Guo didn't say a word, but just waved her hand to let her out.
The second person to come in was Jin Yu'e.
Aunt Guo asked her the same question.
"I hit you today, can you blame me?"
"No wonder." Jin Yu'e replied crisply.
"Don't you dare blame me? I want you to answer truthfully."
"It's really not surprising," said Jin Yu'e, who still had a smile on her face even if she wasn't smiling. "I really should have beaten him. If I beat him, I can remember it longer."
